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Ben,

You should post the part numbers of the various pieces that you procured. Reason being is that yours is the first car that I have seen with the three piston front calipers. I have an old seal set for a three piston caliper, but not sure if it is for a front Goose caliper, as I've never seen one before!

The rears are the same as on my car. They actually say Fiat-Girling on them. These are unusual. Another one that has them is #822 down in AZ. These were used on Fiat 2300's. My small pistons in them were toast, but the large ones were in great shape! I had to get new parts from Girling in the UK...Thankfully there was a Goose owner that was just about 10 miles down the road from them and he was able to hand carry them over here one year when he attended the POCA fun rally in Vegas! These were the most expensive parts I had ever purchased for the Goose, and also about the first parts I ever purchased...in trying to get the car back on the road!!!!

If you post the numbers, then others will be able to dig them up to from various Girling vendors.

Good stuff!!!
Steve
bdud,

Goose brakes are nothing like the Pantera version. Pretty unique.

Ben,
I think it depends on where you do your Girling shopping....but if you replaced it all, the $1000 was not toooo far off base. I seem to remember a little tiny sandwich bag full of some bits costing me well over $300!! ...and that was 10+ years back!

Normally, the Goose received the standard two piston Girling caliper type "CR" I believe. They were used on a couple odd large British cars, and also some of the 427 Street Cobras. Also perhaps on the street GT-40.

Since Girling made many different calipers with apparently the same mounting patterns, it looks like DeTomaso took whatever they could deliver!!!

Having the part numbers will be a great reference for your style being that they are so rare!!
Steve
IS,

I cannot imagine having to send a Girling caliper as used in the Mangusta, to a shop to have rebuilt. There is one rubber piece, the o-ring, seal, retractor (pick one....) and the piston. Both parts are available if you know where to look. If your car has been driven over the years and the fluids replaced at some sort of regular interval, there should be little to no pitting in the pistons. (Pitting in the caliper bore is a non-issue unless you are talking epic erosion...)

If you can safely pop the pistons out using air pressure, and clean all the parts up, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to install two rubber retractors, and two pistons.

I would recommend a tube of brake assembly lube.

Other than this, there really is nothing fancy about a Girling caliper. Basic brakes, not even any dust shields on them!!

Steve
dbud!
Excellent info & pic's here!!!

My rear calipers used the same small PN# pistons and seal kit. (My large pistons were OK for some strange reason, but smalls were toast!)

Where does your car's SN fit in the production lineup?? I'm not sure if the 19L3 date on your front caliper translates like Ford casting dates to Nov 19, 73 or not....ie were the front calipers replaced?

My two caliper castings have very tiny dates stamped in them indicating mine were made in January of 69, or perhaps assembled....not sure.

From where does John Farrel do business?

There is a guy out of LA, Ray Hulbert who also caries seals and some pistons I believe.

These pieces look very nice!!!

Great info again!!! Makes this a great post! Be sure to post some pic's of your rears when you get all the ebrake stuff put back together to show how the bent rod and other bits look!

Mine seem to be a little different in the material that makes up the e-brake assy's. More flat steel than cast.
Steve
I have one 3 piston seal/retractor set still in FIAT packaging #901005 (If I can read the old ink properly!) These may be for a GT5 Pantera rear brake kit....

The 4 small retractor rubbers have stripes on the back RED RED WHITE but the larger two retractor rubbers have no markings.

Girling codes their seals with paint stripes. If you can provide the paint stripes to a Girling guy...he can get you the proper replacements based upon these codes!

Steve
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