1973 Jensen Healey Restoration
Project
Part 13- Brake System, Tail Lights
By Greg Fletcher
Costs For The Last Month: $118
This month is brake month in my garage. The brake lines have been disconnected,
sanded down to a fine surface and await a coating of clear enamel. They had
some black over-spray from the engine compartment on them and that’s
the kind of thing I like neat looking. No half measures here. I started with
180 grit, then switched to 400 and finally a hit with 1000. A vigorous polishing
with metal polish and cleaning off with lacquer thinner. New parts have been
sourced for the master cylinder, rear brake cylinders and flexible brake lines.
Caliper rebuild kits are being employed to revive and restore the braking
to as-new.
I have all rear tail light bits back on the car. New lens were used. You should
always buy new lenses when you get your painted- it gives it that “new
car” feel. My, new super-deluxe-only-the-most-expensive-cars-get-this-license-plate-frame
complete with Union Jack is now installed too! Now
for sale by the JHPS. In other things, I was just about to take a couple
boxes of parts off to the powder coating place when our Land Rover was broadsided
by a lunatic uninsured motorist who ran a red light. No one was hurt fortunately,
but we’ll be out-of-pocket for hundreds of bucks for repairs for the
deductible, so the powder coating needs to wait a while longer, grrr.
continue to Part 14
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