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[Del Boy]

Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep 
Lets hope it goes well 

[KillerWatt]

Piece of pi$$ to change on a Scorpio.
If you have rear discs, then you'll need the piston wind back tool from what I remember when I had my Cossie.

[Del Boy]

Piece of pi$$ to change on a Scorpio.
If you have rear discs, then you'll need the piston wind back tool from what I remember when I had my Cossie.

Got one in the garage somewhere I think, yeah it has rear discs will take some pics of it later they were easy on the Omega lets hope it goes smoothly best start in about an hour though

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep 
Lets hope it goes well 

Burning the candle both ends eh?!

All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-)

[Del Boy]

Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep 
Lets hope it goes well 

Burning the candle both ends eh?!

All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-)

Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep 
Lets hope it goes well 

Burning the candle both ends eh?!

All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-)

Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope 

Well in my days on working on Anglia's, Mk1 Escorts, Mk 2,3,4 & 5 Cortina,s, I found Fords very easy cars to work on!  Very basic, but nicely straightforward! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Del Boy]

Gotta do the scorpio brakes today, not looking forward to it to be honest, didn't get in till half 5 this morning, bloody dogs barking woke me up and cant get back to sleep 
Lets hope it goes well 

Burning the candle both ends eh?!

All the best with the brakes! 8-) 8-)

Got a how to off Scorpio owners which'll make it easier I hope 

Well in my days on working on Anglia's, Mk1 Escorts, Mk 2,3,4 & 5 Cortina,s, I found Fords very easy cars to work on!  Very basic, but nicely straightforward! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Yeah it is an easy car to work on, shame everything is electric as i'm sh1te with electrics 
It'll go well though 

[eddie]

For gawds sake dont just push the rear pistons back--knackers the internal handbrake mechanism--wind back tool or similar is a must!!  I did it once with an old (blunt) chisel that fitted the castellations nicely--then I bought correct tool.  Works well with ordinary pistons too. I usually slap a bit of brake grease on the piston (under the boot) before pushing/winding back.

eddie

[Del Boy]

Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now 

Great one Del!

[Del Boy]

Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now 

Great one Del!

Cheers LZ, back down TCT's tomorrow 

[Entwood]

It's well over 10 years since I had the Scorpio, but I remember doing that job on more than one occassion ... I also remember the local ford dealer loaning out the wind back tool when you purchased the new pads. Deposit of £25 I think refunded on return.

Can you see a modern dealer doing such a useful thing ?? Especially a Vx one ..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yeah mate used a wind back tool, took about an hour to do both sides, had a very good productive day, cleaned inside looks mint well it did anyway but minter now 

Great one Del!

Cheers LZ, back down TCT's tomorrow 

I'll keep my fingers crossed then!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

It's well over 10 years since I had the Scorpio, but I remember doing that job on more than one occassion ... I also remember the local ford dealer loaning out the wind back tool when you purchased the new pads. Deposit of £25 I think refunded on return.


Can you see a modern dealer doing such a useful thing ?? Especially a Vx one ..

Blimey Entwood, that goes back to the days when the dealer gave you discount when you gave him the old parts you were replacing, brake shoes, generators, etc!!   It has brought back memories of a BMC dealer in Lewisham that I used at the time!

[Del Boy]

17 quid my wind back tool cost me, I may keep the scorpio it's so damn comfy