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Re: Brake M/C rebuild and storage

To: "Nick Moseley" <nmoseley@direct.ca>,
Subject: Re: Brake M/C rebuild and storage
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:00:39 -0500
Pretend that your house is an auto parts store.  Put the M/C in a cardboard
box, and stick it on a shelf, just like the $225 new one would have been kept.
(I assume that you lubricated the cylinder with the special rubber grease
or a bit of brake fluid when you assembled it.)

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 09:41 PM 2/7/01 , Nick Moseley wrote:

>-how should I store it between now and May? Should I fill it, bench bleed it
>and try to seal it, or leave it empty for now and hope minimal rust forms in
>the meantime? (Don't want to install it now, its too cold in the carport,
>snow is predicted for tomorrow).
>Thanks for your suggestions and comments
>(BTW, if this works I'll be a happy guy. The rebuild kit cost $14.00 from
>Lordco, whereas Spitbits lists a new M/C at $225.00)
>
>Nick Moseley
>76 and 2 78 Spits + misc 

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