Tales from the Workshop
Real-life workshop problems, and how they were fixed.
u And time for another moan! This 2005 Ford Galaxy was in for its MOT and the only thing that showed up as a problem was corrosion to the two small rear brake pipes.
The unions came undone okay and the job of replacing the rusted brake pipes went smoothly, then it was time to bleed out the brake system. This of course means first toppingup the brake fluid reservoir. You would think that such an important reservoir should be easily accessible by the driver so that checking and topping-up is a simple owner operator task.
Not so on this Galaxy – the reservoir and master cylinder are hidden deep at the back of the engine bay, below the scuttle panel. Having come across this before I have fashioned a small piece of aluminium into a trough to guide the fluid along to the reservoir, enabling me to top up without too much fuss.