Ah, ok Barry, but that is still to late for me
So, today got it all together. The biggest hussle was to put the seal on the caliper. One went on fine, the other was a real struggle.
This is the overhaul kit I am using (comes with pistons as well).
And finally...
Notice how pads are thin. I used Ford original pads and they were OK, I guess apart from being dusters. The wheels were really dusty all the time, but on other hand the brakes never squealed. So will try ATE this time (although I think Ate might be in original package and labelled as Ford).
Anyway, the brakes on the car
After that, did the bleeding procedure, and was rather nervous about it as this was the first time I was doing it on my own. Added about 0.3 litres of brake fluid and then did the pumping procedure (don't have the pressure bleeder, sadly) with my kid assisting.
So, time for test drive. And a BIG scare came. The car wouldn't start. It was cranking, but not starting and I git scared the ABS is preventing startup bcause it trapped air (meaning my bleeding was not done properly). After a minute or so, tried again, but now with fully depressed accelerator pedal and it started. Then it dawned on me! I reparked the car to mov it to other position as yesterday in the morning was snowing and wanted to be under some protection; puma doesn't like that to stopped before it caught operating temperature and the PCM probably thought it did the warmup. Anyway, the car started, coughed a bit, but soon regained itself and startd acting normally so could go on a test drive.
The pedal is now much softer than before and exposes that long travel weakness of ST150 brake setup. Apart from that it works nice and progressively. Longish pedal travel is connected to the pads being worn almost completely so the pistons are at their outmost position.
Tried the braking with hands of the steering wheel, and the car was stopping nicely in straight line proving the brakes operate equally as there was no pulling sideways.
After succesfull test drive that I survived to tell about it :grin: , had to clean the wheels properly and that is it.