Onderwerp: Re: [Healeys] re-bleeding brakes
Datum: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:30:26 +0100
Van: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
Aan: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
near side, off side, left hand side, right hannd side, LHD, RHD!! It
all gets complicated with all the possibilities, habits, nationality,
country, e.g. near side in the USA is off side in the UK.
Right and left is as seen from the perspective of the driver sitting in
his car.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL (where near side is right hand side)
Op 12-11-2011 11:13, Chris Dimmock schreef:
> I always get confused with this "right" "left" thing on Healeys on an
> international email list.
> My Healey is right hand drive. So when I sit in my Healey, my
> passenger is on my left, from my perspective.
> So if people say "right" or "left" is that from the perspective of
> sitting in the car, or from standing in front of it???
> At least "near side" (nearest to kerb) and "off side" give a
> perspective of the view!
> All the lines (fuel, brake) run down the same side on the chassis on
> my RHD Healey. That would be my drivers side. Or the off side. Or the
> left hand side facing my car when standing in front of it.
> Perspective.
> No matter which direction I face, my right hand is never confused with
> my left....
> So that would be the right Hand side, standing at the front, looking
> at the car, David????
> I'm not being a smartarse.
> My Healeys have always been RHD. As sold from the factory.
> And I never knew a pedal box could interfere with a HD8!!
> sincerely.
> Chris.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 12/11/2011, at 2:09 PM, David Nock<healeydoc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> No the brake lines run down the right frame rail then to the rear end
>> and
>> cross from left to right
>>
>> David Nock
>> British Car Specialists
>> Stockton Ca
>> www.britishcarspecialists.com
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2011, at 5:20 PM, HealeyRick wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> Isn't the right rear farther away from the M/C than the left rear in
>>> a LHD
>> car?
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> Follow My Nasty Boy Build: http://tinyurl.com/yj52fwo
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 11/9/11, David Nock<healeydoc@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: David Nock<healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] re-bleeding brakes
>>> To: "Richard Kahn"<tahoehealey@hotmail.com>
>>> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
>>> Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 11:28 AM
>>>
>>> When bleeding brakes always work from the longest distance to the
>>> shortest distance from the master cylinder. On all the Healeys you
>>> would do left rear, right rear, left front, right front. No reason
>>> to start at the master unless you are installing a new master cylinder
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 8, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Richard Kahn wrote:
>>>
>>>> I spent the day replacing the brake master cylinder (and clutch
>>>> too). I'm
>>>> getting good braking with a little travel on the first pressure.
>>>> The next push
>>>> gives less pedal travel with again good braking. I need to re-
>>>> bleed, I'm
>>>> guessing.While bleeding the right rear, I had a leak at the right
>>>> front wheel.
>>>> Is that a good guess as to where to begin? Or back at the master
>>>> cylinder?
>>>> Thanks for all the earlier advice.
>>>> Rich Kah
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