MVD - 25 March 2012 WAZOO Gathering

[QB93Z]

Hi Dave, it was nice to meet you and see your garage and your projects. I hope you will come out to Westminster some time.

Rich, you engine is fabulous. All of the work you did was first class. It was a nice day and I think we got a lot done.

Jim

[Scrrem]

Originally Posted by QB93Z

Hi Dave, it was nice to meet you and see your garage and your projects. I hope you will come out to Westminster some time.

Rich, you engine is fabulous. All of the work you did was first class. It was a nice day and I think we got a lot done.

Jim

Jim,
Thanks so much for coming out! It's always good having your expertise on site, made everyting look just right!! I went for a short drive yesterday, didn't want to push it until I was sure all the air was purged from the cooling systems. Everything looked good.
Rich

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by Goose1970-72

Thanks for invite over this afternoon, Rich.

It was great to meet the local WAZOO team and get a ride in a ZR-1.

I was listening for your car this afternoon...How did it go?

Great to meet you!

Hey, Rich,
No pics?!

[Scrrem]

Originally Posted by secondchance

Great to meet you!

Hey, Rich,
No pics?!

Still working on some cosmetic issues, will post some pics shortly.
Rich

[tomtom72]

Rich, did you sort out the brake lights staying on?

just a fwiw, sometimes if you pull up on the brake pedal it will readjust the switch so they go out. Also, there is a clearance spec in the FSM for the rod from the booster to the M/Cylinder....that doesn't have anything to do with the brake lights but it is an important spec to be observed.

sorry for butting in on your thread.


Tom

[Scrrem]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

Rich, did you sort out the brake lights staying on?

just a fwiw, sometimes if you pull up on the brake pedal it will readjust the switch so they go out. Also, there is a clearance spec in the FSM for the rod from the booster to the M/Cylinder....that doesn't have anything to do with the brake lights but it is an important spec to be observed.

sorry for butting in on your thread.


Tom

Tom,
Yeah, I thought maybe I didn't have the booster seated against the FW when I was tightening it down. I started looking at it last night and everything looked OK. So, I contorted my fat a$$ back under the dash and found that while tightening up the booster bolts, I had somehow dislodged both brake switches from the holders and both were pushed back about 1/8 of an inch. The switches are threaded but I was able to push them back to where they needed to be. It concerns me a bit that they dislodged so easily, I may have to replace them at some point. The plastic theads looked stipped to me.
Thanks
Rich

[tomtom72]

Okay You go man! Ya know I don't think those threads are more than a way to hold the switches in place...not like a nut and bolt but more of a slide to fit type thing.

I had a situation where I knocked the switches down into the pedal arm when I did my clutch master swap. I didn't know I moved them farther into the brake pedal arm until I had dragging brakes. Looked it up and it said to pull up on the pedal...just that simple, just pull up. That makes me think that they are not actually threads. JMHO

Glad you found it!