General Panda-ish

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General Panda-ish

On a Panda the shoes have a friction adjuster, which work ok when new but become fairly useless with age. I would imagine the Marbella uses the same setup. The adjuster is the disc with a spring behind it mounted to the shoe.

There is no manual adjustment and are intended to be fully auto adjusting. The problem is once the adjusters become weak the return springs are strong enough to overcome the friction and pull the shoes back or at least this is what seems to happen in my experience.

Ah - thanks for that. I did notice that when I had one drum off and I prised the shoes apart (and off the slave), they didn't return. I didn't have time yesterday to inspect the other side.

Assuming that the adjusters have become weak, is there a remedy to this? uprated springs, repair kit etc? So close to MOT'ing!!

I suppose being off the road for 12 years will inevitably lead to niggles like this..
 
MOT passed this week with no advisories!! Has been fun getting the old girl back on the road. First trip out in her was to the MOT place near my work, so a slightly nervous 25 mile trip in an unproven vehicle - nerves soon turned to smiles as she's great fun to drive, if a little on the slow side. Kept up with A road traffic well though and had quite a few double takes/smiles from oncoming cars..

Couple of things though to ask. At around 55mph, the engine stutters a bit, then picks up again, almost as if it isn't firing for a split second. Any pointers on that?

Also, brakes are obviously different to what I am used to in a more modern car. All flexis have been replaced with new and fresh fluid - passed MOT but would like the brakes to have a bit more grunt. Are brakes on the equivalent year Panda, on which this is based just bad generally? What can be done to sharpen them up?
 
Marbella is up for sale on fleabay - have very much enjoyed bringing her up to scratch but with two Alfas and a Honda daily driver, I can't really justify the 4th car. Hopefully she will go to a good home
 
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