Re: CommutaCar Wiring

["Mike Chancey" <evtinker@hotmail.com>]

Tim Dunning wrote:

>I've been following the CommutaCar discussion avidly since I am 
>(attempting)
>to prepare one for service.  My most serious difficulty is the brakes - the
>wheel cylinders were damaged from long storage and I have not been able to
>find new ones.  There seems to be only one supplier of the rubber parts 
>which
>are quite expensive.  I've honed the cylinders and will see how they work
>when I recieve the new piston seals and cups.  One solution might be to try
>to put new 7" trailer brakes on the car, but that would require custom
>machine work since the existing bolt pattern didn't match the trailer brake
>that I looked at.

Damaged wheel cylinders that cannot be replaced are a common problem for 
antique and classic car buffs.  If you check the adds in the enthusiast 
magazines you will find ads for folks who can put stainless steel sleeves in 
your wheel cylinders, not only repairing the problem but preventing its 
return.  The rubber parts can probably be replaced on an individual basis.  
Your local NAPA should be able to match them.  If you do locate a good 
replacement number please let me know and I will add it to the parts 
interchange file on the C-Car egroup:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/C-Car

Thanks,

Mike Chancey,
'88 Civic EV
Kansas City, Missouri
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