Whilst looking through the Capris & Cortinas for sale on EBay, I came upon this interesting ad.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cortina-Mk-1-GT-Genuine-/231887336641?hash=item35fd8ff4c1:g:OfMAAOSwLpdW8nZ4
It is for an Australian Cortina GT which has ended up in the UK & with an opening bid of 25,000 Pounds which equates today to $Aus 47,000. Nice money if you can get it.
Read through the ad & at the end, click onto the barn finds web site. Amazing & I gather that it is somewhere in South Australia.
Pity, but I couldn't see any Capris tucked away or covered in dust.
I attended my first swap meet for the year at Ormiston on Sunday. It is one I usually visit as it is one of the bigger ones on the south side of Brisbane. These days I go with very little expectation of finding anything for Capris. This year was no different - not one Capri item. The closest was some Mk 1 Cortina bits & pieces. Sometimes, I wish vendors would label clearly what they are selling & it might help buyers like me. As usual, there is always a lot of rubbish! I couldn't return home without buying something so the best I could find were 2 Hotwheels cars for my grandsons for a $1 each. A bargain!
Not much else is going on with the Capris at the moment.
If you have been reading my previous posts, you would remember that I have been trying to improve the brakes (brake pedal pressure) on my green Deluxe. After my last test drive, I was still not happy as it appeared that there was still air in the lines. The only thing that I had not done to the brake system since owning the car was recondition the master cylinder. It was not leaking but after reading a lot on Dr Google was convinced that there was still air in the system
I ended up taking the master cylinder off (not a big job, but a bit messy with brake fluid dripping everywhere so make sure you cover the paint well).
Off to All Brake & Clutch Supplies at Rocklea where I have been going for a number of years, & asked if they could check it out. They had it ready the next day - no bad news, everything good with a new rubber kit installed for $65. Better than I expected. They also gave a few good tips on bleeding the master cylinder & the system (like doing it with the motor running).
After initially bleeding the MC on the work bench (I am not sure how successful that was as a fair bit of fluid was all over the place in the process!), I fitted the MC back onto the car.
Then with the help of my patient wife, I bleed each of the pipes at the MC several times. At the end of this the pedal pressure was really good with no fade & engine running.
I then did one front wheel & again the pedal pressure is as I would expect. At last, good pedal pressure with little travel. Haven't had a test drive yet as it was a bit wet today, so I will try it on the weekend. Hopefully, this is the end of the brake issue. I think the main problem was air in the MC & not bleeding that properly first.
Have fun with your Capri!!
