Mechanical Sympathy Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) Actually yeah the red rubber grease is the gear for brakes - it's vegetable based. Any petroleum or oil on brake rubbers or other hydraulic components will make them swell and perish. Sorry to send your thread off-topic! Edited November 30, 2015 by Mechanical Sympathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 All good, always great to spread the knowledge. Didn't know that myself actually, but I did use the red rubber grease as I have them all available at my workshop :) Hopefully I'm going to be working on the car tomorrow if all goes well at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJ Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Haven't worked on the car lately, have been busy with Christmas. Have planned on buying a welder in the new year and fixing the rust myself to be able to learn another skill and have fun doing even more of the work myself. Should have some content in this thread next year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJ Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Update Been a while but I have sorted out the rear brakes now. Bought myself a welder and plan on fixing the rust sooner rather than later. Car is looking great. Hopefully it will be ready for a trip to matsuri ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJ Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Getting a few over heating issues at the current point in time. Replaced the thermostat with no luck. Next I am flushing the system by taking out the thermostat and putting a fire hose down the neck into the block. This is to hopefully pick up the gunk on the bottom of the radiator and flush it through the top. Fingers crossed it works will update over the weekend. 3 weeks till Matsuri :P Edited February 17, 2016 by MartyJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Theres a product called muckowt at repco that you can descale the cooling system with. Put it in your water, run it a while till its hot, then let it cool and dump and flush. I must have stood there for an hour with one car I had, motor running, hose in the radiator and the block drain open while I poked around above the block drain to pick out chunks of scale and unblock it. No bubbles in the radiator? Bad HG can cause overheating issues too. Or it could be lean running which adds heat. Edited February 17, 2016 by LittleRedSpirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyJ Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 Yea I have feared a head gasket, already got a couple of quotes on vrs sets. I will look into that cheers. Thanks heaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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