Luke Holwerda


lukeiswho Luke Holwerda

Luke Holwerda

Member ID: lukeiswho
Member Status: Free Member
Phx, AZ, USA  
Member Since: 2008-08-04
Home Site: The MG Experience
Last Login: 2011-09-08 07:33:20
Last Forum Activity: 2011-09-08 13:37:13
Forum Posts: 164
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Luke Holwerda's Vehicle Registry

Luke Holwerda 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III Red

1966 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk-III
"Gladys"
HAN


1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 0 mi (0 km) -- Average age: 1966

Member Journal – Steering Wheel Repair

There are 5 total entries in this Journal.
Showing summary of the most recent Journal entries:

Master Cylinder Rebuild

Posted on: Tuesday November 24, 2009

I recently replaced my rear brake shoes, rebuilt the wheel cylinders, replaced the wheel bearing and all the seals and gaskets between the hub and the diff. I then bled the brakes and the clutch and took it for a drive. It felt great, so I decided to drive the Sprite to work the next day. On the way home I noticed my foot was travelling farther and farther on the brakes. I planned to re-bleed, thinking I wasn’t as thorough as possible, and found a leak from my master cylinder.

Steering Wheel Part 4: New Horn Push

Posted on: Saturday August 8, 2009

Today in the mail I received my replacement for the horn push my my Sprite. Its an original, and it looks amazing! It really completes the look of the steering wheel, and totally brings some new class to the car! Next project is the dash board!! Then a pic of it all together! ...

Steering Wheel Part 3: Painting

Posted on: Friday August 7, 2009

I went to the local home megastore and picked up some Krylon Fusion "For Plastic" paint. I figured that would work best with the old bakelite steering wheel. This step I actually had to redo twice. I'm very impatient, and just like getting things done quick. But this meant too many coats without letting the paint dry, so I got globbing. I had to resand the whole wheel and start over. But I finally got it where I like it. ...

Steering Wheel Part 2: Fixing The Cracks

Posted on: Friday August 7, 2009

After doing some research on the MG Experience forums I found some people who had luck using PC-7 epoxy, so I ran out and bought some. The epoxy is fairly easy to work with. It is sticky, but when I let it dry for a while I found I could manipulate it pretty well. One of my cracks was so large that a lot of the original shape was gone and I had to try to remake the shape. So I got the epoxy to fill the cracks as cleanly as I...



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