Hello from France I am the Lucky owner of a 1953 98 olds : This car as never Been restored whith a very low mileage But since fiew months brakes were Capricious :sometime there is no more brakes and sometime all work great I dismanted the masters cylinder and here is what I saw :junk,poop and all kinds of junk I bought à repear kit from fusick and now everything works great …, Here is what I found inside :
Pardon my French, I took it one semester in high school! (it's WORK, not DIRK) The car looks great and I guess it really turns heads in France. Thanks for sharing. You can Edit your post to remove repeated pictures.
That does happen a lot with vehicles that sit too much of the time without being driven. It's not a bad idea even with year or two old brakes to flush the system every year or two.
the brakes worked Almost the time, but when i opened the mc fluid cover and saw all the junk inside i was Hallucinated I had to use 4 liters of brake fluid to rinse all the brakes system to have a clean fluid going out the wheel cylinder. Hoppefully everything is fine now ; This car brakes like a modern car
I was Alone when I did the bleed job, So I fabricated a one way valve with a ball and a spring inside :good job,this tool worked fine
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