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Re: Front brakes

To: Mark & Kerry Ringness <solhaven@telusplanet.net>
Subject: Re: Front brakes
From: twojohnsons@home.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:47:34 -0400
I recall reading somewhere years ago (CAT tales??) that pistons from a Volvo
144 are stainless & better quality and a direct replacement for the Tiger,
which are probably made from melted down Messerschmitts left over from the
Battle of Britain.
Al J.

Mark & Kerry Ringness wrote:

> I have the front brakes of the tiger apart looking to see what may need to
> be done to them and low and behold... there's corrosion on the pistons.
> Whats my best bet on these. Would it be reccomended to replace the entire
> assembly ? The car hasn't moved in close to 15 years, things are stuck
> together pretty solid. Can I send my fronts out to be rebuilt ? No one
> locally has any experience with them (or no one I've found) so I would have
> to send them out if a rebuild is suggested. Thanks.Mark Ringness
> BoxesfullofB9471998


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