The MightyBoy - is it restoration or Hotrodding?

For anyone interested here's my entry Video plus a link to a magazine article on the car.

drive.google.com/file/d/1qtMOXe8rQWmpyG-...-Br/view?usp=sharing

www.whichcar.com.au/features/1982-mitsub...lica-with-hsv-ls3-v8

Great job. I have no doubt it handles 100 times better than the original with the engine weight in the middle. Looks very much like a Ford Econoline pick-up from the 60s (which handled like crap compared to their GM Corvair rear engined rival). What a nice looking vehicle.

Lang

That is stunning! Complete with full NSW rego, you must have engineers with an open mind that appreciate your workmanship.
How good will it be to see it as a Hot Wheels model?

Many months later the MightBoy is finally getting attention.

My work on Helen's shed has come to a halt due to lockdown and I've caught up with some other important tasks.

The oil leak in the steering was a loose union on the pump, so 5 minute fix.

Moved onto the brakes that have been a pin.

On the first pump they will only work at the very bottom of the pedal's travel.

Second pump the brakes are brilliant. so it isn't the pads not against the discs.

The master cylinder and callipers came off the same vehicle so they are correctly matched

I've bled the brakes a few times and there's no air coming out with the nice clean (new) fluid.

Pretty sure there isn't excessive free play in the brake mechanism.

This one has me stumped so I'm searching for answers/suggestions.

Perhaps clamp off either front or back, one at a time and see if there is any improvement. May isolate where to look for
problems. Have the discs been machined? New pads on old discs won't match up to well and give you a poor pedal. If there
are drums on the rear i would adjust them right out to lock the drum then bleed. If you have drums on the rear sounds like
they are way out of adjustment. First pump pushes the shoes out ,then second pump puts the pressure on. Good pedal!
Not sure if that helps. That's where i would start.

Zuffen I wonder if the bleeder screws face down or at the bottom of the calipers? If so you need to swap them over to the opposite side of the vehicle.

May just need a power bleed to get air out of a high spot in the lines.
Alternatively, is the pedal retracting fully, exposing the tiny hole in the master cylinder as it should?

Jarrod.

Is there a hidden bleed nipple on or near the master cylinder? I've been caught with that one before.

Original pads on original discs so should be as before. Also 4 wheel disc brakes.

All nipples point up. No nipples should point down!

I've thought about power bleeding as it may well be the answer.

Sure has me stumped.

Hi,

if the system use a split system master cylinder with two outlets to provide redundancy in case the front or rear leaks then getting the pipes mixed up can cause symptoms similar to what you describe, first press is rubbish second press is brilliant.

Terry