brake fluid

30/03/2008

The brakes on the cinq were a bit spongy, and as it was coffee brown in colour, I decided to change the brake fluid. Got a one way bleed kit for 6 quid in local motor factors, and bled the brakes. Nothing exciting, but it made a huge difference to the feel - no more squishy pedal, but instead a more positive feel. A huge improvement over what was there before. Need to do the rear shoes, and will be changing the pads and disks up front in the next week or so.

Anyway - some pics!!

Front wheel off!!















Master cylinder

















Old fluid (It should be a light gold colour - rather than manky brown)

23/03/2008

So Im there looking at the cinq, and thinking that I wont actually be carrying anyone in the back, so, 20 minutes later















Hmmm, that was easy, maybe ill take out some more...
















OOOPS!!!!! Too much.

I gave the carpets, seats and the inside a hoover and put everything back in. 14 bolts in total holding in all the seats, and about 20 minutes to s trip them out. I think that maybe when I get the buckets the back seats will be gone permanently.

Fiat cinquecento sporting

21/03/2008

Good friday indeed. I got a call from my local garage who had a cinq sporting in stock. He knew I was on the look out for one! Went down and had a look, went for a test drive and handed over the cash.

So now, I have a 1997 imola blue cinquecento sporting sat in my driveway!