Relining E brake bands....

[Bob Carriere]

....if the problem is internal leakage by means of the brass sleeve it is beyond our skills set...... resleeving in SS is the only solution.

The only thing left that has any possibility is the rod that enters the MC.

At this stage we are working on a bare frame so it is fairly easy to verify the linkage. We are also working the brake pedal by hand...... and even with our limited arm power we can floor the pedal......slowly sinking to the bottom stop.

Rob has done a fairly good job of keeping all the linkage tight with very little free play at this stage. He is using the same linkage rod that he had.... I hesitate to say "original" after 60 years of backyard fixin'.......... but all his parts compare favorably to all our other CMP examples. Will try lengthening the rod at first and remove a turn at a time to see if it makes any differences.

I suspect we have a "bum" master cyl........

Bob

Bob