plymouthcranbrook

I have never seen that book before. I have several others of varying topics but really like that one. Thanks much.

Works ok for me as well.

I have to say I think it looks great as a van. Very different.

Thanks all. I don't plan to disassemble the manifolds as there isn't any exhaust leak that I can locate. Just intake issues.

In a related but personal question I am removing my intake and exhaust on my 52 Cranbrook due to a failure to idle. Holding the choke down cures the trouble and ignition seems to be still correct. I noticed that some of the nuts(but not all) were cone shaped on one end with slits cut in the. I assume that they go cone end into the washers that were on the exhaust manifold bolts. Some were cone end in and some out when taking them off. Should all the bolts be like this or is it just the exhaust ones? I checked the manual and it said little about the procedure at all. Any information greatly appreciated. I expect that my driving the car more this year than ever might have been a party to this problem(Plus the short run to 70 MPH for a couple of miles)

My 52 had number one pointed toward 5 o'clock for a long time. When I had the pan off I changed it to match what it should be. Still ran the same.

I have metal stems. They hit them and stop

Fun to see your car in the movies. If even only for a moment. I know. Enjoy the fame!!!

I guess that explains why I only see car ads

Thank you

Perhaps in the Spring I will look into that. No ambition for disassembling the brakes again this soon. There will be limited driving for the rest of this year anyway, almost all at slow speeds. Thanks for telling me. Do you know who it is?

No doubt you are correct Don, however I do not have a tool and no longer know anyone who does. I would have liked to have had the new shoes arced in as well. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to do this. I will drive carefully and of course check adjustment as the miles accumulate to allow the shoes to wear in. I do thank you for for the advice.

Just came back from a 25 mile trip and had no problems with the brakes. Only issue is a somewhat low pedal but since I don't have access to one of the special brake adjusting tools(and in all honestly, no desire to take everything apart this year to reset them) I am going to just drive the car as much as I have time for and let shoes wear in and see if anything else needs to be fixed. Maybe next year i will get into some cosmetic interior work if no more mechanical issues arise.

Seems to as of now. Know more after adjusting brakes and test drive. Strong spurt from hole when brakes pressed. though

Well I don't know if I found the hole or it found me but I did manage to get whatever was blocking it cleared. I bought a small roll of the smallest spring wire Ace Hardware sold and went home to see what I could do. Re- adjusted the pedal to 1/4 inch free play and took about half of the brake fluid out of the Master Cylinder. I began to poke around in the back hole but wasn't able to see or feel the small hole at all. So, I decided to pump the brake pedal while probing for the vent. Suddenly there was a shot of brake fluid about 1 inch or so above the top of the master cylinder. I looked into the fill hole and low and behold there was this perfect tiny little hole. I carefully pushed the wire into the hole and moved it around a little. Then moved the pedal again. Up shot the stream of fluid.. Success!!!. Of course I now have to re-adjust at least the rear brakes because I had thought the problem was there. Oh well, that is not a big deal. Thanks to all who helped on this.

All four wheels lock up(not tight, just drag). Master cylinder was installed by the man who rebuilt it.. I am going to try to locate the small hole next week after work weekend is over. Will report back then. Thanks again to all who have posted. Can't say that I won't have to remove the cylinder, just hope not to have to.

Thank you. That is what is happening with mine.

Hoses are almost new. Is the hole at the front or rear of the bigger one?

I just re-read your post. I see two holes, one slightly larger that the other with the bigger one toward the front of the car. The one I have been trying to open is the one toward the back of the car. About 1/16th of and inch or so in diameter. I see a clear hole but there doesn't seem to be any opening in the bottom of the hole. Appears to look like mildly rusted steel. Is there another one I am missing? Or is the smaller hole somewhere inside the bigger one. As i said, this master cylinder was redone about 500 or so miles ago. This is why I am surprised to have this problem. All fluid is new earlier this year. Clean and clear.

A professional mechanic rebuilt and installed the master cylinder a couple of years ago. All worked well(although I haven't driven the car much) till I had to redo the front brakes. All six wheel cylinders and front shoes. Don't have a professional brakes adjusting tool for Mopars but still though it was close. I will try to see if I can get a smaller wire into the back of the hole. I can see the brass(?) shiny push rod through the first port. I won't be able to work on it till next week(My last sort of full week at the local theme park is starting tomorrow, Ring the bell and blow the whistle on the train). I will report on success or failure then. Thanks all.

Well, I thought I had figured out the problem. I adjusted the push rod to get the pedal set correctly and looked into the master cylinder and saw the vent hole. Appeared to be a round clean hole so I went for a test drive. Brakes locked up again. Readjusted the push rod and looked again. Tried to push a very small wire around the hole but seemed to be no place to get any entry to the vent. Looked in the manual but no help there. Can some someone explain to me where this small vent hole is in the larger one? I have adjusted the push rod all the way in both directions to see if I could find a place to start but only succeeded in completely locking up the brakes in one direction and partially in another. Thanks.

Thanks again for the ideas and advice.

Thanks for the ideas. Will do the deed next week.

I remember ads for X-Ray Specs. Does that make me old too?

Help me Jebus!!!