[Wykey]

WD40, duck tape and an adjustable spanner, or if you don't have one of those a pair of mole grips.

PM me your details and I'll post them over.

[Ilovematt]

Eh !!!

[dimtimjim]

I seem to have run into a problem, or multiple problems with the brake lines for my '67 GTV. I ran new lines with all new hardware, matching flares and threads throughout. so far, so good (what idiot approved the non-uniform flares and fittings?). everything is hooked up, and all I need to do in order to go for my first drive is bleed the brakes. Simple.

problem is, the new lines leak. not one or two, all of the SAE flares. I decided my mechanic friend and I just did a bad job flaring all the ends. bummer. now the choice is to buy a really good Flaring tool from eastwood or FedHill, or run pre-flared lines with unions to get the right lengths (my choice). throw in some special adapters so I can switch from din flares to SAE, metric to sae threads, female sae to male sae. now everything is off-the-shelf, although I don't really like all the extra joints. just that many more places to leak. Snug it all up, and what happens? the leaks are still there. the front and rear Tees won't seal, even with the store-bought lines (read perfect flares). removed the tees to inspect, and ALL the flare seats are buggered. I decide to try and polish the seats with valve-lapping compound and a new brake line chucked into a drill. seems to work. Also found some 45 deg copper gaskets designed for sealing SAE flares. might help. while cleaning and inspecting the seats, I find a new problem, possibly the one that started it all. The new tube nuts are threaded all the way to the flare end of the nut. the original nuts are relieved (no threads) for the last 1/8" or so, and the brass T's are not threaded to the end. Looks like I even cut some new threads in tightening the nuts, and the ends of the nuts have rounded threads. appears to be a problem, probably kept the original flares from forming a good seal to the seat.

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I'm guessing some sort of motoring forum may be a better bet. Try http://www.my67GTVbrakesarefecked.com.

[bmstinton93]

I thought Nic was meant to be removing these spam bots now that she is a moderator

[chrysostom]

mod doesn't equal 24 hours monitoring. someone will probably get round to it.

[bmstinton93]

Very true but she has been on here since this thread was made I think

[chrysostom]

it's not a paid job - just a favour that she's being asked to do, with mod powers given to her for being a strong part of the community. if it's not done to the highest standards, it's nothing noteworthy.

[dimtimjim]

now that she is a moderator

Oh no? Really? nic has been promoted?!






Woman on a power trip, god help us!!

[Nicola_Red]

Actually I just moved rather than deleted this thread as there had already been a few responses (as whoever it was did with the 'favourite browser' thread below). There was tons of spam this morning so I've deleted a lot, but I can get rid of this too if people want...

[bmstinton93]

I'm not really that bothered. You are actually doing a brilliant job since you became moderator, just in case I caused offence at all

[Nicola_Red]

Thankyou I just don't wanna be too heavy-handed! Someone PMd me last nite with image posting problems and I must say I'm not very good at explaining these things in a written form...

[bmstinton93]

Just send screenshots with arrows if you can't explain it

[dimtimjim]

Or get a man to explain it.....

[Nicola_Red]

I'm happy to send you the original post and PM if you'd like to repond instead!

[bmstinton93]

Nope I'm fine thanks you can deal with it

[Nicola_Red]

Actually that was more aimed at tim than you

[dimtimjim]

I knew that. But since my sexism was based in no way on my (in)ability to do said task, i kept quiet....

[Sidders]

Why would you spam about something that doesn't have anything to do with the site that you're targeting? I'm assuming it was automated, but even so, you'd have thought they'd have written the spam bot to target motoring forums or something.

[Nicola_Red]

Why would you spam about something that doesn't have anything to do with the site that you're targeting? I'm assuming it was automated, but even so, you'd have thought they'd have written the spam bot to target motoring forums or something.

That's what I always think. We've had a real spate of similarly bizarre spam postings recently. A lot of them are in really poor English and/or have links embedded in the text, but this one actually reads like it could be a serious post - I know it's not, but still.

[bmstinton93]

Is there no way of completely stopping them? And also what are they trying to achieve?

[Nicola_Red]

I don't really know. You can ban the individual user but they just keep registering new ones. Is there a captcha when you register? I can't remember...

[chrysostom]

there's not, as it's not always the same bot from the same place.

banning the domain is more effective.

[bmstinton93]

I don't really know. You can ban the individual user but they just keep registering new ones. Is there a captcha when you register? I can't remember...

Yeah i think there is

[R94N]

Why would you spam about something that doesn't have anything to do with the site that you're targeting? I'm assuming it was automated, but even so, you'd have thought they'd have written the spam bot to target motoring forums or something.

I know, it's stupid. We've had cruise line and golf spam...surely headphones or music spam would be more targeted!

[Ilovematt]

Very true but she has been on here since this thread was made I think

Mike is quite an annoying spammer. She should have done something about him !