From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 21:21:00 PDT
Yep, That would do it. You can sometimes get a kit to rebuild these, and hone
them out.
Did that on an old F250 once.
Bruce
jeremyknopow wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> Good idea - I checked the line - but it's not clogged. There's simply
> no brake fluid getting from the reservoir into the master cylinder.
> Perhaps that is symptomatic of a stuck piston, as other have replied?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 8:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MV] 1953 M35 Brakes
>
> Hi Jeremy,
> Maybe something dented the line. If it has been standing empty for a
> while
> you may have rust in the line. I would disconnect the line from the
> master
> cylinder
> and the air pack and try to blow out the line with compressed air. If
> that
> doesn't work,
> I suspect that it is time to replace the line, which is not that
> difficult to
> do.
> my 2 cents
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
> jeremyknopow wrote:
>
> > I just got this truck. 1953 REO gas engine. Everything runs fine and
> > the previous owner said the brakes used to work, but they leaked and
> > needed refilling. I refilled at the master cylinder and got nothing -
> > the brake pedal very easily just goes to the floor.
> >
> > The master cylinder reservoir is filled, but when I disconnected the
> > feed to the air/hydraulic unit (at the air/hydraulic unit) very little
> > brake fluid came out. I expected the master cylinder to drain out,
> but
> > it didn't, it just stayed full???
> >
> > Anyways, it seems the brake fluid is not getting from the master
> > cylinder to the air/hydraulic unit.
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
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