jstang209
Dirt-Old 20+Year Member
take it midas or pepboys and get a FREE brake inspection, let them mofos point out the problem and fix it yourself
take it midas or pepboys and get a FREE brake inspection, let them mofos point out the problem and fix it yourself
How are you bench bleeding the MC?
Just to confirm, when the car iff, if you pump the pedal , it does NOT firm up and get hard as a rock and barely move?
If not, then you still have air in the system....i'd bet in the MC. What's your bench bleed technique?
very long post,,ill miss something like hissin50...
sounds like you have a piece from this than a piece from that....it sounds like your problem is fluid bypassing back....
things to look at..with drum brakes they must be fully adjusted and make sure parking brake lever/cable isnt frozen...if drum has been cut to far it too will cause problems...
on front calipers....look close at where they sit before and after you let off brakes...even upside down wrong side,
what happens if you just clamp off front brake lines and try brake when running?
Is it possible someone before you had some sort of petroleum based product in the system and all the rubber seals have gone south in the calipers, brake hoses and wheel cylinders?
Just trying to think of options..
Good thinking, but no.... I owned the donor car that all the V8 parts (rear end and calipers) came off of and I drove that car before it became the donor and the brakes and everything worked great on it.... wierd huh?
--Ryan
This is an odd one.
The pedal not firming up when enine off makes me think that either their is air in the lines...or one of the hoses or seals are expanding or leaking.
Really digging into this. How are your lines plumbed? Line on bottom of mc direct to drivers front caliper. Other two lines to prop valve.....rear line to front brakes, front line to rear brakes.
Wish there was a way to remove then brake hoses and cap them to see if the issue can be isolated to the drums or the calipers.