do your brakes...
12-12-2012, 06:04 PM
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I would be looking at the brake lines. Especially the main line from the front to back. The original lines are steel and tend to rust. Expecially in a 50 year old car. The other items are routine maitanence. In a single master cylinder car if you loose a brake line you will have no brakes at all. So, I would think that is what they mean. JMO
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12-13-2012, 11:35 PM
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If you know it has been just sitting for a long time, flush the whole system with alcohol and fill with new fluid. I had one sitting for about 10 years, even with DOT 5, had the calipers filled with a crystal-like substance. No rust, but so much of this, things were plugged up or blocked open, like seals.
I couldn't get it to flush out, and had to pull the calipers apart.
On drum brakes with wheel cylinders, you may not have that issue as they may flush out. But it wouldn't hurt to check.
I couldn't get it to flush out, and had to pull the calipers apart.
On drum brakes with wheel cylinders, you may not have that issue as they may flush out. But it wouldn't hurt to check.
12-14-2012, 12:22 AM
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One thing you may want to do when it's sitting in the shop - plant your foot on that pedal and give it all you can - imagine a semi pulling out right in front of you and put your foot through the floor. If it's going to blow out on you, far better there where you can fix it, than on the street where you will really need them.
12-14-2012, 07:05 AM
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One thing you may want to do when it's sitting in the shop - plant your foot on that pedal and give it all you can - imagine a semi pulling out right in front of you and put your foot through the floor. If it's going to blow out on you, far better there where you can fix it, than on the street where you will really need them.
