Just a side note for anybody interested.....
Pep Boys carries (special order) rebuilt calipers for GT6's fro $64.71
apiece, already loaded with Raybestos semi-metallic pads. 2 year warranty.
Isaac Crow
'74 Spit6+
Winder, GA
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> From: Dee Jackson <dee_jackson@gilbarco.com>
> To: Scions of the Spitfire <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Subject: GT6 Brake Servo Bypass
> Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 2:23 PM
>
> Fellow Spitters and other Owners of Wee Cars,
>
> I'm slowly but surely going thru the various systems on my GT6. Thanks
> for the earlier electrical advice you all offered. It was a great deal
> of help and, btw, the black/purple wire did go to the brake light
> (thanks, Joe). I was able to put in a battery and, miraculously, no
> smoke rolled out from beneath the dash. A few niggling electrical bits
> yet to sort out, but I'm 90% there. Amazing what a manual with a
> close-to-correct schematic can help. Thanks to Tom O'Malley who, just
> yesterday, conveniently drew out the anti-runon valve circuitry that my
> factory manual lacked.
>
> I'm now trying to get the brakes functional again. The DPO broke off
> the bleed nipples, then retapped for larger nipples, to no avail, so
> I've got new calipers on order. I want to bypass the brake servo unit
> while I figure this car out. The brake booster is in serious need of
> help, but I'm not to that point, yet. It would appear that if I can get
> the pipe that runs from the PDWA to the three-way union behind the
> wishbone (on a non-assisted car), I can effect this change. I know
> there are different thread sizes between the late model PDWA (one access
> plug) and the early (two access plugs). Can someone tell me if the
> early Spitfires and GT6s shared the same PDWA? I think it'll be easier
> to find the Spitfire pipe than that of the the GT6.
>
> Thanks for any insight you can provide.
>
> --
> Dee Jackson Ph. 336-547-5007
> Gilbarco Inc. Fax 336-547-5234
> Greensboro, NC e-mail dee_jackson@gilbarco.com
>
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