Dean Roberts

OK discs cooled down, wheels off but the discs are solid and not moving. It's like Florin said, brakes stuck on. Time to climb upside down into foot well and fingers crossed not get stuck.

Yep same setup with cylinders and bias bar. Discs are cooling now and starting to free up.

Just got back home after 2 hrs 45 mins and 4 stops for brakes to cool down. Just jacked her up and both front wheels are locked solid and brake pedal rock solid. Faulty master cylinder? No leaks anywhere, will get dinner, drink, recharge phone whilst waiting for them to cool down and then another strip down and rebuild of calipers if required.. But to be honest the pistons slid freely and the wheels spun freely after fitting. So completely baffled unless it's the master cylinder or pushrod. Don't fancy driving to Stoneleigh in it, will take forever. Would be quicker driving to Cornwall

I will say this, since sitting on sliproad and waiting for them to cool down, the pedal has gone rock hard like a build up of pressure.

Master cylinder is just below maximum mark as normal.

New pads, and rebuilt calipers, first trip out since bleeding brakes.

Need to get home, jack front up and spin wheels to see if it's both or just one wheel. Personally I believe it's both front wheels and piping is rock solid. Managed another mile and the front dipped and now stuck on slip road waiting for either the pressure to release or pass cool down before another mile....

Front brakes keep overheating on short journeys and seizing up. Just resting in hard shoulder and waiting for them to cool down, before returning home. Brakes have been bleed multiple times, no air and runs freely when jacked up and cold. Any ideas? As it can't even get 5 miles down the road before locking up. Slight burning smell from pads and discs are to hot.

Thx kids, time to start ringing around for a couple.

10mm thick spacers fitted perfectly after getting some flanged 12mm bolts. Hopefully when it's bled and back on the road, I can confirm it brakes better on the rollers.

Brake caliper: reducer adapter connector Its the fitment between the front brake caliper and the braided lines. It was a bit stubborn to get out and resorted to brute force - hammer and chisel. I would like to replace it, but cannot find like for like and unsure of measurements etc... Any ideas, suggestions, descriptions and where the best place to get them would be greatly appreciated.

Just to confirm if anybody was interested: I managed to get everything running smoothly with little effort using the following: Mondeo V6 Mk1 carriers, calipers and test discs from the tat yard New Mintex pads and discs for Mondeo V6 Mk 1 Flanged M12 x40mm (high tensile 10.9) bolts cut down to 36mm Caiper refurbish kit Spacers 25mm O.D 12mm I.D 10mm Thick Didn't break the bank and a third of the price of any equivalent big brake kit , great learning curve and hopefully fingers crossed they work

Finished up this morning and completed both front brake calipers, carriers, pads and discs: M12 holes drilled: High tensiles 10.9 M12 bolts cut down from 40mm to 36mm and fits perfectly with the M12 x 10mm thick spacers: Ooooooo big & shiney & new mintex pads: Fits nice and snug and moves freely (better than originals): Wheels on and next bleed the system and bed them in before the MOT: A very satisfying job and next on the agenda will be the rear disc conversion.

"unless you can get hold of some 2wd Cosworth items" ....And pay the Cosworth tax I thought the Mondeo path was far cheaper and easier to get.

Quick dig around and found this (M10 high tensile bolts (10.9) for calipers): http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/ford_m10_x_25mm_caliper_bracket_bolt_f_1471746_c_1588.htm ....If its good enough for Ford, then its good enough for me. Time to order the M12 flanged high tensile (10.9) bolts and take the easy route to fitting

Time to find a Ford Parts department!

EDIT: After test fitting last night , found that the spacers need to be the following: O.D: 25mm I.D: 12mm Thickness: 12mm (not 10mm as originally thought.) Bolts are M12 high tensile (12.9) 40mm, but required a 2mm washer to fit correctly : Do I cut bolts down to 38mm (+ added pain of tightening the top bolt) Get M12 flanged high tensile bolts (but only available up to 10.9 and awaiting confirmation if this is adequate?)

I have thought about a M12 flanged hex bolt (as they are available at 10.9), but need to confirm with Ford what the original M10 threads are? Unless some knowledgeable person on here knows what the original M10 threads are, holding the carriers? (I cannot read the top of the original bolt heads to see what strength they were.) But yes, I like your thinking if this makes fitting them easier.

Done a little bit more work last night refurbishing the calipers: Drilling the M12 holes: Test fitting the calipers with the new bolts and spacers: Hmmmm....high tensile bolts are 2mm to long, so plonked in a washer, then pondered how to ratchet top hex socket? As extensions and knuckles catch on the nut & bolt: So they look OK and centred/ran freely when the test disc was fitted:

Been a little busy since September Now need to get the old one thru the MOT and sell it. ....And the new one thru the MOT to drive it. Then find a new job

Take your pick - Ford Cougar, Cosworth RS500. Granada Cosworth or in my case Mondeo V6 Mk1. Either get the 278mm discs skimmed and fit 10mm Spacers on the carrier to centre them. Or Cut down 283mn discs from Cosworth to 278mm and fit 2mm spacer (as they are wider). Just waiting on the shiny bits to come thru the post to complete the set-up. You could go bigger (300mm) using Mondeo Mk3 calipers but u would really need 17" wheels for them to fit - Also think it's overkill

Finally got Sunday Morning to look at the kit and managed to test fit the bigger break options I sourced from the local tat yard. Old Calipers & 240mm discs: Test Caliper & 280mm discs: Stripping Calipers/Carriers down for refurb: Big difference in Disc, Caliper and Pad size: Old pistons: Cleaned & Painted while I await all the parts to be delivered:

I agree, it would probably need a team effort, but could be good publicity stunt for a RHoCar crew and a V8 power MG As in the small print it states restoration on a road vehicle registered before 1977 (didn't see anything about how its restored)

FYI: 4K up for grabs towards any restoration projects http://www.ebay.co.uk/rpp/ebay-car-challenge

Been a while, but hopefully waiting on the baby sitter and work to see if Nikki & I can get a little social time. Rich, can you pencil in Nikki & Me and I will keep you posted as the day progresses.