Theo might be right but unless your car is alot rustier or weakened
than mine I doubt it.
I think you should keep bleeding until the fluid comes out clear. Get that
helper to provide postive pressure as you loosen/tighten the bleed
screws (yes, air can get in there if you are trying to bleed by yourself).
Also, you might try changing to stainless steel braided teflon hoses.
I got mine from CAT, think they really helped. I have Dale's rear disk
kit and a 3/4in dual circuit master. Brakes feel really good.. high pedal
(4 wheel disks, you will have some play to take up the drum shoes) and
negligible spongyness, just easy modulation by foot pressure. This is
all opposed to my other car with totally stock servo'd monkey motion..
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Theo Smit
To: Jim & Carolyn Burruss , tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:44:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Brake System Recommendations Needed
Get a helper to push the brake pedal firmly, while you observe the
master cylinder in the engine compartment. It helps if you put your hand
on the master cylinder and gauge its motion relative to some nearby
thing. You may find that you're actually flexing the whole pedal
assembly including the firewall area.
On another car I built a brace that ran from the strut tower (it was a
MacPherson strut front suspension) to the master cylinder base. This
noticeably improved the pedal feel and that was with a booster.
Theo
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