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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
That's a puzzlement. The booster is having some effect on the master cylinder when you have vacuum. Obviously, I'm not an expert, or I'd give you the answer.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
so I got in some time today. what ive found so far is that the push rod from the booster to the m/c was adjusted too short. with the m/c bench bled & mounted & the ports plugged I had about 7" of pedal travel. after playing with the adjustment - 4 tries - I now have right at 3" of travel. so tomorrow I will hook up the lines to the m/c, bleed the system and see what happens.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
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Looks like perfect early Autumn painting weather.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I couldn't believe it. Hurricane Dorian stalled our Ohio weather and we got 5 near-perfect days. The 10-hour work days about killed me (in addition to the honey-dew list), but I'm a lot farther along than I had planned to be.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I got a complete custom exhaust done on the '48 yesterday from the manifold to exiting behind the rear wheel. I made sure it didn't interfere with the dump bed. I got tired of the coke can and hose clamp repair job on the pipes connected to a 70s era cherry bomb noise exiting right under the cab, lol.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
spent some time yesterday & today on the truck brakes. bench bled m/c & installed it with both ports plugged. had to adjust the length on the push rod between the m/c & booster. got that done & have about 3" pedal travel with a hard pedal both with the engine off & running. that's progress. hooked up the front brake line & tried to bleed the front brakes. found one bleeder screw was plugged. swapped that out & now still have a firm pedal with the engine off or running. that's major progress.
started to plumb the rear brake lines, but found I need one 12" length of brake line. I don't have one & my local parts house is out of stock. so - time to call it a day & watch the Seahawks - Bengals game. GO HAWKS !!! |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
got to work in the garage for the first time in a couple weeks. at least it feels like a couple weeks. didn't do much but it was just nice to be out there again.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Took wheels off and worked on cleaning more rust and crud off. At some point I’ll need to determine what I’ll replace them with. Went to a car show at In & Out, so dinner was great.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Very nice truck !!!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Thanks Bob.
This site is full of very nice trucks and many great ideas. Lots of talent out there. Today I dumped the break in oil and put in some Lucas hot rod oil, put in new plugs, and completed the wax job I started yesterday.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Same here, '75 Nova front end components, Mopar 8.75" diff, '74 454 out of a truck and '58 body and glass. You have to know what you need and keep it simple. There's a couple good parts places nearby with experienced counter people that seem to understand when I'm trying to find oddball parts.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
It's been cold and rainy since last Saturday so I spent a few hours cleaning after being caught in the rain. I also tweaked the driver side door solenoid, hopefully it will work 100% of the time now. Time will tell...
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
straddled the engine today, wrote down some casting #'s and pondered some of my life's choices...
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Worked on getting my dash put together, and started installing the new cab corner speaker boxes, they fit very well!
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Me: Front suspension components: 1974 Mustang II V8 AC Rear suspension: 1968 Chevelle 396 ci V8 Engine & trans: 1968 Camaro Body: 1949 Chevrolet
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Did you come to any conclusions on the latter?
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
so tonight I got the missing brake line for the rear brakes bent & installed. blead the rear brake lines. with no vacuum from the engine, the pedal is nice & hard. drops about 3". with the engine running & vacuum to the booster, the pedal goes right to the floor.
Now what im wondering is 1st, how do you tell if there is a check valve in the rear port & 2nd, if there is a check valve and I add another one in line will that cause problems? Right now I have a Willwood check valve in both front & rear lines. Any ideas would be appreciated. Last edited by nvrdone; 09-13-2019 at 10:26 PM. Reason: spelling |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
if that is the problem, im not sure if I should be happy or run the truck off a cliff!!
I'll check that tomorrow. Thanks |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
ok, I couldn't wait until tomorrow, pulled the booster check valve. I can blow from the booster side but not the vacuum side. Im thinking I may have to take the pressure valve out of the rear line. Si I'll try that. thanks for the idea.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Don't do that! I hate to see a good old truck wrecked!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
couldn't do that - my wife would kill me since we dated in it & its been part of my life since 1973. but some times I really feel that way.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
ok, so a little more time on the brakes. I removed the check valve in the rear line thinking if there is a check valve in the m/c & the one in the line, that may be causing the problem. Re bled the rear lines. With the engine off, the pedal goes down 3" & is rock hard. Start the engine & the pedal goes to the floor.
So for now, the truck gets parked until I have more time to work on it. Its very annoying. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
so I tried another idea. Disconected the front line at the m/c & plugged that port. Left the rear line connected.
Pushed the pedal with the engine off. it went down 3" & was firm. started engine, pushed pedal & it went to the floor. Now im wondering if the m/c doesn't have enough volume in the rear chamber to make the rear brakes work. Any thoughts? |
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