Journal Entry

It was time for some work on the suspension, The rear had the driver side squat and the bushing were shot. I collected all the parts and started on the rear with new spring and busheing. WHILE I had it apart "Might As Well" scrape and undercoat. That is a VERY messy job, But very satisfying. With the rear done and a 1.5" inch lowering kit, she now sat level. It was now time for the front. The "Might As Well" ended up with the cross member off & repainted and new springs (1.5" lower), bushings and several new suspension and break parts, along with scrape and undercoating. Had the front caliper rebuild and everything was back on, BUT the brakes would not bleed and I thought the master cylinder went bad. Ordered a new one 10 day to get it and still the brake would not bleed. spent several days and had an UPSET wife. Checked the system found nothing wrong. checked it again, still nothing and when my wife was helping bleed the brake for the 6th time I found the problem, only one piston on the front calipers was working. The guy that rebuilt the front calipers put the outer piston on the WRONG caliper, it was a quick change and ever faster to bleed the brakes. 4 weeks to do the front & rear suspension and two week just to bleed the brakes. It totaled over 6 week with out driving her, and I was starting to have withdrawals. I have an appointment with the brake guy tomorrow and I'm bringing my big stick for my talk with him!!!. But then again it is the best time to drive with the top down. The shop was great, ther were very sorry of the problems and gave me money back, more trah I expected. The true measure of a shop is when something goes wrong and how the deal with it. Anyone in the Tampa Bay area the ONLY MG guy is Glen at Glems MG reapir in ST. Petersburg Floida.