New brake lines and freezing fingers

During the winter I continued running the car every so often to help the engine sort itself out a bit and with time it was getting much much smoother and generally happier.

Here it is having more grip in the snow than my sensible car.

The mist hovering around the front of the car is because during taking the pictures the coolant hose that connects to the rail above the exhaust manifold had worked loose and was spraying coolant out (luckily slowly).

After having a bit of a play in the snow it was time to get back to work and fit the new brake lines. This is a particularly fiddly job that can only be improved by doing it in the middle of winter when you can barely feel your fingers. Some of the original pipes were so corroded that they snapped whilst being removed so I'm glad to have them done.

Whilst I was replacing the metal lines I took the opportunity to upgrade the rubber hoses to Goodridge braided items and now I'm pleased to say the brake feel is pretty good.

Here are the Goodridge hoses ready to go on and fitted