[Healeys] 100 BN2 almost done....

[Oudesluys]

  Rich,

You are right that I did not know the sensor bulb is in the radiator, 
however the same principle of preventing vibration of the capillary 
line, especially near the bulb and the gauge, goes by fixing the line as 
near as possible to the gauge and bulb. I have a box full of to be 
repaired gauges because of leaking/cracked capillary lines to prove my 
point.

If originality is your goal, yes you should fit drum brakes, and they 
can certainly work wel enough with proper maintainance.

However I had my fair share of front drum brakes on a variety of cars 
and they nearly always were troublesome. OK, regular maintainance was 
one aspect, but try it on a VW Beetle, Landrover (very much so), Fiat 
etc. You just will not know in advance which way you will go when 
braking. The only cars it usually worked well on were DAF and Renault.
Give me discs at all times, hardly ever had problems with those, even on 
LBC's. On my LandRover SIII I modified the front axle using disc brakes 
and calipers converted from a Mercedes van/truck, resulting in 
predictable braking with much less effort, using the original MBC.

At the bottom line though Tadek has done a formidable job, in a very 
short time and has a lovely car to show for it.

Cheers,
Kees Oudesluijs

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