The Barrelbrigade is now underway, and at the MOT-center you've already seen that our cars have smaller and bigger faults.
Today is the day we'll be tinkering on our cars to make them a little bit better.
We're going to do that whilst Herman will be watching over us, right? - Absolutely, welcome in Noordwijk, Nic. A place where not only...
Germans come to recuperate, but cars as well. - Not only Germans he says.
Nic, do you have any experience with repairing cars. - Well, I've refilled the wiper fluid once.
I think you're going to learn a lot then...
I forgot to say I sometimes take my cars through the jet wash sometimes. Anyway, let's get these junkers inside. Noordwijk is known for the...
sea air. If they remain outside for a tad longer, they will rust away even faster.
Herman, the problem with my car is very clear. The inspection showed us that the brake line is leaking.
I've been driving it for a week whilst the handbrake-light is burning, so I think it's getting serious now.
You could say that. If it's leaking, you will run out of brake fluid soon enough.
Is it dangerous to keep on driving like that? - Oh absolutely, because you only have half of your brakes.
Nowadays, you've got separate brake systems. So left-rear and right-front and vice versa,
so you'll always brake it with two wheels. - But still at half the power right?
That's right, and we're going to take car of that today. Let's go.
Joshua, you're going to help me with fixing the brake lines right? What kind of a job is that?
Well, it's quite a job to be honest. Not very easy, but we always manage.
How do we start? We have to bleed the system first, right? - First, we're going to dry out the reservoir. After that, we can put it...
on the bridge. - This is pretty agressive stuff, right?
I hit the wrong button. - If you press the right one, we can have a better look.
That wasn't bad right. - Not bad at all, Nic.
There's already some braking fluid there. - Just look at that. It's almost raining down.
They've repaired it once already. But that's what's wrong here. - Yes.
They've connected it wrongly, and that's where it's leaking. The rest of the brake line is still good.
So they haven't repaired it very well. - Nope.
We don't even need to replace the brake lines. But you want to, don't you? - I absolutely don't, but I do want to win.
Alright, let's do it. - Sure, let me get the stuff.
It's just a good car guys, I've bought the good car here. It's only a small thing.
What does a roll like that cost? - I don't know.
Copper, brass, this place is filled with costly materials. They better not check my bag when I leave.
First, we'll be removing this one here. After that, it's the easiest if we remove these. That way, we can get some movement in the brake line.
Like I'm doing this every day, right? Don't touch that.
There's a hole in the floor now.
And that's the problem right there, there's a rupture. - Really?
They've tightened it too much.
You need to remove these as well, with those clamps on it. We need to check if we're able to, otherwise we have to cut it.
Let's hope for the best. - It's not very dry, is it?
It's still dripping a bit, but that's normal. You can fully clear the lines.
Just keep doing that until it's through.
Right, it's there.
It's a bit like a polishing cloth this really. - It kind of is, yeah.
Nice! I did it.
Make sure you don't drop- -
It's got a flat top. Here it is.
First, we'll put that barrel on, and then the flat-top. It can go both ways.
Small flat-top... Does it need to go in a certain direction. - Nope, that doesn't matter.
Right. Let me get the second. - Then you need to put this on...
And we can't tighten it up too much, because it'll break. - That's right, take it easy.
I think that's good. Can you please confirm that? - Sure, let me feel that.
That's important for my points, you know.
It's perfect. You can do it by yourself next time. - Funny guy. Without any tools, right.
You only need to click it into place. - Right.
And if I were to let someone do this for me, what would that cost? - Well, that varies per car. How much you need to remove, how long...
the line is you need to repair. However, if I generally look at the amount of tools and time it takes for a mechanic to repair it,
you'll have to think of around a couple of hundred Euro's. - Sometimes, brake lines go above the fuel tank as well right?
That's possible, so we'll have to lower the fuel tank. In worse cases, we have to remove it altogether, which takes a lot of time and work.
You shouldn't skimp on it however, because if you keep driving on with problems like that, you'll be in trouble.
First, we're going to refill the reservoir. After that, we'll put the system under pressure again and let the car know it's got braking fluid again.
The cap isn't fitted properly. - Let's do it old-fashioned style then.
This is what we need. We'll catch the remaining brake fluid with this, so let's move to the back first.
First we need to locate the air nipples. There's a collar in here, there's a line and there's the cylinder.
That makes sure that the brake fluids flow through when you press the brakes. That way, you can refresh the fluids or get rid of air.
Press the brakes. Hold them.
Is there something coming out. - Yep, there is.
Hold on.
Let's check if there's enough brake fluid in the reservoir. Well, there is, but we can always top it off.
Right, now we're going to put the system under full pressure, which is very important. That way, we can check if everything is alright.
That's the most important of course.
Let's put this on here... Right, give it all you got.
The system is fully running and the brakes are fully blocked. - And it's completely dry under here.
No leaks anymore. - Great.
I think I can say it was a very successful operation. Tomorrow, you'll see how Stéphan holds up with his Mondeo.
Do you think I passed? What about my time. - Absolutely, you solved everything pretty easily.
I didn't let you down? - Luckily, you didn't.
Where's my cap. It's over there. I do need this.