I gotcha !!! Mark
Dick; He did good, the headlight tool is all there as you can see. You are welcome to come and use it anytime. He also sold me some nice old Pennsylvania plates as well. I look at them often. I call him A BFF. Later Mark
A slight brake problem lately. The passenger right front would grab and pull to the right at times and sometimes chirp A tire when backing out of the garage but would go away after A little drive. It seemed to grab to easily. I pulled the right front and peeled back the wheel cylinder boot and brake fluid ran out of it, I did the same for the top cylinder and it poured as well. The shoes had A little wetness on the ends.I called O’Reilly auto parts and they said they would be in 8:00am the next day. That is the same place I got my tranny pan gasket before I took it to Carlisle. I know about the different wheel cylinders that are early and late production differences, my ride was born in June ( wider slot) and is Late. Long story short the had the right wheel cylinders and she was back on the road that afternoon. I sanded and scuffed the shoes as well as the drums and A good dose of brake cleaner prior to that. All is well and stops great. This winter I am going over the others as well. By the way I also adjusted the shoes as well. The only part about it I hate is the “easy access master cylinder”. Not one of their better ideas. But I did the funnel with the hose and it was like mommas milk to A calf !!! Also the other momma pumped the brakes and that helped !! All is well. Later Mark
Well, at least one of us is working on their '59, and posting to tell about it
Good to hear from you Mark! Here’s how I filled my master brake cylinder - but, whatever works to placate Mother MoPar! ![]()
I’ve had good luck switching over to silicon brake fluid when I do a complete brake overhaul.
No more seeping, rust in cylinders, grabbing brakes, etc, even after letting cars set for many years. Conventional fluid draws moisture from the air, and causes these problems.
One downfall of silicon fluid is that the brake light pressure switch will fail prematurely, so a mechanical switch needs to be installed on the pedal assembly.
—John
I use Dot 5 in Faulkner, John! I did have the switch fail, but because of a bad termination. Good hint about replacing with a mechanical switch.
I am going to flush out and go with dot 5 after this season. I noticed a lot of orange colored fluid when I did the wheel cylinder job. My brake light switch is also not that sensitive anymore and I’m going to A mechanical switch as well. Something for me to do this winter. Later Mark
Keep up the good work Mark!!
You make it look like we (all the others) are doing nothing ![]()
Send updates and maybe you will inspire me to work on the cars.
Oh wait, did I wrote inspire me
inspire all the others!