

| Subject: | Another Weekend |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Jan 95 8:20:43 MST |
Well, I rebuilt the front brakes on the Campmobile over the weekend -- not terribly traumatic, but not terribly smooth either. Thanks to whoever supplied the tip about the bicycle pump to get the pistons out -- I used my 12v tire inflator hooked up to a 1A motorcycle battery charger and it worked fine, albeit a little slowly (not that I have a problem with things working slowly ;->). The pistons did not BANG out, however, they kinda pffffnt'ed out, so I guess the rebuild was in order. I tore the garage apart looking for the rebuild kit I bought a couple of years ago, and in the process found the little clips for the door-side curtain!!!! Now I just have to find the curtain -- not that it will match, since the back curtains have begun to fade already. When I got everything back together, and filled the upper jug with brake fluid to start to bleed, it seems the seal going into the lower reservoir gave way, and poured a half a bottle of brake fluid on the driveway. Meanwhile, it was beginning to rain, so I dragged all the tools and stuff into the garage and had a couple beers and took a nap. I eventually stopped up the leak with tape and hose clamps, enough to get the brakes bled anyway; it still drips from down there. Does anyone have any ojections to my buying a length of rubber gas/vacuum hose to go between the upper and lower BF reservoirs, to be held on by hose clamps? I can't find the proper seals for the flared ends of the OE poly tube, and that's about the only way I can think of making the darn thing stop leaking. Also -- does anyone have any suggestions/resources on the latches on the side door? The back latch doesn't want to let go with out banging from the outside, and all the books I have say to let the dealer take care of it. I've squirted WD-40 in the latches from the outside, but that's about it. Thanks again for your help and support. -- Todd R. Schroeder |This is not the luggage ticket (baggage todds@sunnet.chotel.com |check) described in Article 4 of the Warsaw '71 Campmobile |Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol |of 1955.
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