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Test drive #2 complete. Brakes work good.
Both front hoses failing at the same time? I’m not betting on that either, but they will get replaced with new ones just because it’s the smart...
The pedal is not restricted from swinging freely. The mc rod is out all the way. The pedal just fastens to it.
Yes. It’s all the way out. No free play
Yes. I compared. Guts looked good. The snap ring was wrong. It works great. My bet is on bad front hoses.
For the record, I knew about collapsed brake hoses, but I’ve never had it be an issue in the past. Second, my understanding was that if they...
Why would it only act like a check valve after the wheels have moved. Pedal operates normal after cracking the line to relieve pressure. I’ve...
Acts like a check valve. I like that. OK. The hoses are old NOS. When you start buying NOS parts 20 years ago that could already be aged, it...
The pedal travel decreases to nearly zero and I believe it’s coming all the way back up but I will recheck that.
yes
It’s all stock OE parts so no mix and match. But everything will be rechecked.
If the flex hoses were collapsing, it seems logical that there would be some noticeable pedal resistance while bleeding at the wheels. I can say...
‘65 Pontiac Catalina. Stock single pot system. Rebuilt MC, new lines, new wheel cyl, new hold down kits, drums and shoes. What happened: I...
Update. Engine got another dose of Marvel. Sat for a few days then instead of dumping gas down the carb, used a shot of ether. It fired. Some more...
Agreed, the oil pump shaft is ok wherever. Determine where the rotor points at #1 TDC and wire cap accordingly. From what I observed it seems...
Yes. The gear would have to be re-timed to point the rotor at #1 on the cap on the compression TDC. Not sure how to extract it though. Maybe a...
The oil pump shaft does pull out. Why can't you remove that and engage the oil pump directly with something that would mate up in a similar...
A lot of great suggestions. I am merely helping out with this so I didn’t do any of the prep. I do know my way around vintage engines but this one...
The difference between GM and Mopar dist'r/oil pump setup is that one has the gear on the dist'r, the other on the oil pump drive shaft, which can...
All the cylinders were checked. Varied from 50 to 90 psi, but it was cranking so slow, I think it skewed the readings to the low side by a lot....
I'm helping out on a '63 Plymouth Sport Fury. The car is unrestored, killer patina and very clean. It's destined for greater things, but for now...
Zero miles, and stored indoors since new. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Rebuilt and complete. Less than a couple hours of run time on this '55 292. Block: ECK-6015-B 53D 3.4.55 CLEVELAND 292 Intake: ECZ-9425-B 69S...
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