Wow driving, great job, you're right about perfection, I am building a Healey Bugeye perfect, but then you have to do every thing perfect, my Amazon wagon I will do the same like you more not perfect but more fun driving.
Nice update. I enjoyed it as I'm going through a similar journey with my 1966 Amazon. I'd be concerned that the addition of the Volvo brake m/c pushrod washer to the Mazda m/c is preventing the piston from retracting enough to fully open the ports to the reserviour. That would account for the fact that you could bench bleed it w/o the Volvo pushrod but have difficulty bleeding with the m/c installed. It might also cause the brakes to drag as the fluid can't readily return to the reserviour. The other wacky thing I've seen making brakes drag is old brake hoses acting like a check valve, but I suspect you've replaced all your hoses when you did the hard lines. Keep up the good work! Thanks for posting the video.
Yep, I had convinced myself at one point that there’s no way I’ve got the return port in the master covered, but now I’m pretty sure it is after reorienting my thinking. I have a plan for how to address it, hopefully the next video will have a fix. The easy answer is to buy a later dual circuit Amazon master with a captive pushrod but dammit, I want this to work for some reason.
Wow driving, great job, you're right about perfection, I am building a Healey Bugeye perfect, but then you have to do every thing perfect, my Amazon wagon I will do the same like you more not perfect but more fun driving.
its nice to see that thing ripping around
Welcome to the Amazon wagon club!
Nice update. I enjoyed it as I'm going through a similar journey with my 1966 Amazon. I'd be concerned that the addition of the Volvo brake m/c pushrod washer to the Mazda m/c is preventing the piston from retracting enough to fully open the ports to the reserviour. That would account for the fact that you could bench bleed it w/o the Volvo pushrod but have difficulty bleeding with the m/c installed. It might also cause the brakes to drag as the fluid can't readily return to the reserviour. The other wacky thing I've seen making brakes drag is old brake hoses acting like a check valve, but I suspect you've replaced all your hoses when you did the hard lines. Keep up the good work! Thanks for posting the video.
Yep, I had convinced myself at one point that there’s no way I’ve got the return port in the master covered, but now I’m pretty sure it is after reorienting my thinking.
I have a plan for how to address it, hopefully the next video will have a fix. The easy answer is to buy a later dual circuit Amazon master with a captive pushrod but dammit, I want this to work for some reason.