If I was you I would drop the oil pan give it a good cleaning along with the pickup pan.
I would also not use a detergent oil unless your engine has been rebuilt .My 48 is a Canadian dodge with the 25 inch 218
i purchased a Plymouth manual to make it easier while doing repairs .
Good luck love your car.
Cleaning the vent is part of my spring check up for the season ahead ,but when I did the rear break shoes and cylinders I didn't change the seals and bearings. Opps.
Hi Aaron
I have a rim that I am not useing nor will I ever . Its a 16 inch rim .5 bolt pattern Approx 4.5 inches width of rim from lip to lip is 4.5 inches
Let me know if you could use .
John
This is from a 59 dodge 230 but can't see if there is a spring . Look if you insert the new filter and screw down the lid tight and roll the engine or start it you will know if its going to leak . Don't ask how I know.
First I must apologize for hijacking this topic .
Thanks Rick it has been a few years that i have dot 5 in my system. I don't recall the process I used but I probably didn't get it all out and I certainly did't flush with this alcohol brake line cleaner .
I do want to do it right so I go to my NAPA dealer and get this alcohol and pore it in the empty master cylinder and go through the bleeding the brakes .
How does one know when to switch back to DOT 5 or Dot 3 and then how to know when all the alcohol is removed ?
Thank you . Now I clean out the master cylinder suck out all that is there them start pumping dot three through the bleeders ? How do I know when the system is flushed . For instance put a couple of litres through ,or is it more complicated ? What is this brake clean solution ?
I tapped the frozen piston back and found no rust . How would I test this cylinder maybe with compressed air or hook it back to the brake line ? There is nothing to clean that I can see a little bit of dirty looking brake fluid once whipped cylinder walls are shiny
Well I ordered my parts today from AB couldn't find them any where in Canada .
Harmony I will place them in kitty litter for a couple of weeks , then heat them with a torch to see if any fluid shows up .
Thanks to everyone
Harmony my shoes are 5 years old I know we don't travel that far in these babies but the brakes are poor at best . I really can't afford
new shoes and cylinder but I can't afford not to so I will be replacing them . Also the shoes were soaked in fluid been sitting like that all winter.
Hi I just started getting my car ready for spring I found brake fluid under front tire . removed tire and drum and found the shoes covered in brake fluid .I cleaned everything up with brake cleaner and found the culprit the upper cylinder is seized out and fluid leaking around the cup.
I will order a new cylinder next week . My question is do I need to replace the front shoes or is cleaning them enough?
Thanks . I remember reading this very question before but can't find it and can't remember the answer.
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