Welding nuts onto brake nipples.

atomant48 · Saturday at 9:43 AM

Nomad said:
Asking here as this is on my to-do list, any suggestions where I can find new/recon calipers for a classic Marina?
Best I can find are near £100 each + post...
ANG have a full (2x) caliper rebuild kit around £45 + post but that will need time in the workshop and has the risk of seized nipples, stuck pistons, all the usual fun that will eat into my pub time.

Marina callipers were an upgrade for MGB if I recall correctly. Try one of the MGB places but 100 sounds pretty reasonable to me in all honesty.

Ton-up · Saturday at 9:49 AM

Have you tried Big Red for rebuild costs?

BiggRed - Brake Caliper Components & Fittings

Thousands of caliper parts for thousands of cars! Tailored piston or seal kits for your car or individual components.

www.biggred.co.uk

qwakers · Saturday at 9:58 AM

They no longer do rebuilds, just supply parts and kits.

Ton-up · Saturday at 11:01 AM

Didnt know that.

Melvyn Best · Saturday at 11:06 AM

steveo3002 said:
they rebuilt me a clutch master , it failed in under 12 months , then they offered to redo it claiming my dirty brake fluid was to blame and guess what the 2nd rebuild failed , and no i dont use dirty brake fluid

they seemed a decent bunch , but come on the cheapest dregs off ebay lasts longer

That’s a shame, every time I have used them I haven’t had any problems, they saved an old Alpha Romeo master cylinder years ago saving my customer £600