---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 11/26/11: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:04 AM - Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! (Carl Meek) 2. 11:04 AM - Re: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! (G-IANI) 3. 11:19 AM - Re: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! (Carl Meek) 4. 12:48 PM - Re: EURO02 part supplied wrong (Jan de Jong) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:04:27 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! From: Carl Meek I had a problem today where the parking brake got stuck on. Normally to release it, I put a lot of pressure on the finger brakes and it unsticks. Unfortunately, something else unstuck first! I must have put a bit too much pressure on the left brake (same one I had bleeding problems with) and it squirted fluid out. Looks like I need a new nylon compression olive, or perhaps a whole new brass fitting. Any idea where to get these from? They are the much hated jamar (I think that's the name) brakes. Leak was from between the nylon olive ring and pipe itself. The next trouble is that I need to get to the parking brake valve to put a new handle on it (I snapped it off during my messing about) but I have no idea how to get to it! Its inside the central tunnel, seemingly inaccessible. I might even need to get to this to replace the length of pipe, I suspect it needs refreshing in order to fix this leak. Thanks for any advice :) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:04:52 AM PST US From: "G-IANI" Subject: RE: Europa-List: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! Carl What colour are your brake pipes. If they were supplied by Europa and are black they are 6mm tube. If they are supplied by Europa and clear (white) they are =BC inch. Brass poly flow fittings are designed for =BC inch tube. They will (just about) work with the black 6mm tube but can be blown of with pressure or knocked of easily. Europa changed over to the clear (white) =BC tube when this was pointed out to them. So if you are replacing any tube make sure it is =BC inch. As far as I know you cannot buy the olives on there own. You can buy the brass end fitting with the olive and sleeve in it from Aircraft Spruce part No 261-UB-4 . Have a look at the range, search for Brass Poly-flo fittings. Sorry but I have no magic way of getting at your parking brake valve. I assume you can just about access it from the inspection hatch behind the fuel cock on the starboard side of the tunnel. Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:19:17 AM PST US Subject: Re: Europa-List: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! From: Carl Meek See attached pic=8A they are a mix! Looks like black from the reservoir, opaque white onwards. Thanks for the info, I'll check out Aircraft Spruce. There is a small access hatch about 8" behind it on starboard side, but no clear way to access it directly=8A. I guess I'll have to get mirrors and torc h and try and see if I can service it! Thanks, -Carl. From: G-IANI Subject: RE: Europa-List: Leaky Brake Fitting - Some advice please! Carl What colour are your brake pipes. If they were supplied by Europa and are black they are 6mm tube. If they are supplied by Europa and clear (white) they are 1=8E4 inch. Brass poly flow fittings are designed for 1=8E4 inch tube .. They will (just about) work with the black 6mm tube but can be blown of with pressure or knocked of easily. Europa changed over to the clear (white) 1=8E4 tube when this was pointed out to them. So if you are replacin g any tube make sure it is 1=8E4 inch. As far as I know you cannot buy the olives on there own. You can buy the brass end fitting with the olive and sleeve in it from Aircraft Spruce part No 261-UB-4 . Have a look at the range, search for Brass Poly-flo fittings. Sorry but I have no magic way of getting at your parking brake valve. I assume you can just about access it from the inspection hatch behind the fuel cock on the starboard side of the tunnel. Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 300hours Europa Club Mods Specialist e-mail g-iani@ntlworld.com > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:48:21 PM PST US From: Jan de Jong Subject: Re: Europa-List: EURO02 part supplied wrong Much belated - thank you Rowland! Jan de Jong > Jan - Mike McClean at Europa read my e-mail posting and is getting the right screws sent to me on Monday. Good service! > > in friendship > > Rowland > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.