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SO! How was your day?

Reply #16 –
Thought I had one rear brake finished today.. until I realized that the wheel looked crooked when I put it all back together. Caliper felt really loose, too. I saw somewhere else (LoL) that I was supposed to leave an .055" gap on those rear discs, but it all feels very wrong. Going to get a local second opinion on it all, tomorrow.. but at least for now I have both sides up on jack stands for the night.

I am very paranoid about losing brakes.. I don't wanna be somewhere in the middle of nowhere in another state and have these things fail on me. I have AAA Plus now, and extra towing coverage beyond that on my insurance policy, but it's still peace of mind to have them looked over by someone more experienced.

Oh yeah.. came within about a quarter inch of busting out my front teeth with a tire iron, when that  Tough Lock key slipped. Also whacked myself on the inside of my left knee about a minute prior to that. Same reason. I really don't like working with those keyed lug nuts.

SO! How was your day?

Reply #17 –
Brakes are done and bled, and I bumped the timing to 13 deg. BTDC with SPOUT off and someone holding it in drive. (warmed up) With a 1/4 tank mix of 87 octane, SeaFoam, and 93 octane, it just barely detonates in the RPM falloff from first to second at WOT. (simple solution, I just won't floor it) We'll be running 92/93 octane the whole trip. I did the math on someone else's experiments with bumped timing and premium gas, and it seems to be advantageous, so we'll give it a shot.

All that's left to do is clean and vacuum it out, and set the TV cable.