What a wanky day!
Only managed to find more jobs today, not actually tick any off.
Started by planning on changing the coolant, wasn't desperate, but thought that I may as well. Looks like it has an aftermarket radiator, with no drain screw and the clips on the lower hose were at an awkward angle and I just couldn't get to them without taking half the car apart. Banged a test strip in, came back fine, **** it, that will do.
So to load up with dot 5.1. Wheels off... What's this? A 19mm bolt, strange, the rest are 17mm. One random wheel bolt, flat, not tapered like the others. At least the thread is the same and the wheel undamaged, but that can go in the bin and have ordered a new one.
Brake bleeder on... What a mother****er! This is not my friend:
I think that it is faulty, as the valve on the bottle will just not manage the pressure properly... All it does is leak air, which stops it working. Having not used one before, it was hard to know what a good one looks like. Anyway, reached the 'faulty' conclusion after a lot of messing about.
Thought that I would bang in the EBCs, reached round the back of the front driver's side caliper and it was greasy as ****. The CV boot looks new, but has become disconnected - probably due to the lack of a cable tie holding it on. The boot itself looks tiptop, but just not where it should be. I don't have any CV grease, so put the wheels back in and put it back on the ground. Fortunately the disc is not contaminated, nor the existing pads.
Cocking cock and bloody bollocks.
Ordered up some CV grease, a new wheel bolt and started the process for sending back the brake bleeder and ordered up a new one. I really don't want to admit defeat on that bloody brake fluid, even though I know I could run down to UB's and have it all done in no time.
Have a day off next week, so will try it again then...
As much as today frustrated me, I do enjoy working on cars and I'm glad that I found the CV boot and dodgy wheel bolt now and not later.