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Materman

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    Oklahoma
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    vintage iron, whether it be tools, engines, trucks or cars
  • My Project Cars
    1949 dodge coronet survivor with gyromatic transmission<br />
    1955 chevy 1.5 ton truck<br />
    1969 gmc pickup with 305 v6 (daily driver)
    1972 GMC Sprint, getting a 5.3 LS swap as we speak

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    Tuttle, Oklahoma
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    Cars, trucks, antique engines and machinery, etc.

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  1. it is just spongy, haven't got it to build any pressure as of yet, and I did get around to replacing all rubber lines recently, so that can be crossed off my shopping list haha. I guess its a master cylinder then, I'll let you guys know what happens next.
  2. freeplay is set correctly as per my manual, m/c never ran out, shoes are set where they are barely dragging the drums, and there was a nice clean stream of brake fluid coming from each wheel cylinder with no bubbles, also went through about 2/3rds of a gallon of fluid to make sure all contaminates were out of the lines. the only other thing that I have done to the brake system is reline the shoes.
  3. I also followed the proper bleeding sequence...... pass. rear, driver rear, pass. front lower, pass. front upper, driver front lower, driver front upper.
  4. well, after rebuilding my master, getting all new wheel cylinders,building a garden sprayer bleeder and bleeding the brakes with it and using DOT 3 brake fluid, I STILL have no pedal. any suggestions?
  5. well, I am trying to bench bleed the master by the hose method, I knew the method for bleeding with plugs and I knew that it would build pressure. but I can't seem to find plugs to fit my master, so the hose kit is all I have and I have never used it before. I watched several videos on youtube on how to bench bleed with the hose method and I assumed that it would firm up like the plug method, but I guess not. not bleeding the system yet, I know now that if it doesn't firm up when I bleed the system I have problems.
  6. I thought that the pedal should build up pressure when I pump it when bench bleeding like most other master cylinders, or is this different?
  7. hi all, after I rebuilt and cleaned the master cylinder I cant seem to get it to pressurize up when bench bleeding it, it doesn't seem to have any air in it and it is still soft. do i have to have the entire system installed to get it to pressure up or is something wrong with my master? Thanks in advance.
  8. well, I know that they gave back the right shoes because I had stamped a "f" for the front and "b" for back before I took them,not realizing that they were all the same at the time. Right now, I'm just working on the front axles doing just one at a time. Up until this, I had never heard of an aamco brake gauge, but I will look for one now.
  9. yes,it does catch the edge of the drum on all but the very heel and toe of each shoe. also, the drums don't appear to need to be turned, I can't feel a lip even when I run my fingernail over the drum's edge. please forgive me if i am being a pain, I'm trying not to get off on the wrong foot here
  10. ok thanks, I'll try that and let you all know my findings
  11. my apologies, got the pins and anchor bolts confused, but yes the cam is all the way in, on the flat side of the cam lobe, as per the manual in brakes, section 4 of my factory reprint of the dodge paasenger car shop manual covering vehicles from 49-52
  12. I made sure arrows on the cam pins were pointing away from the shoe they are controlling
  13. sorry, no pics. I can't figure out how to upload pics onto computer, but the whole pad on the shoe seems too thick still, but if I sand it down it would be almost flush with the rivets.
  14. I checked the pins against the old ones before I installed them in the car, I also checked the pistons and springs in the cylinders and everything was identical.
  15. yes sir, I checked each time that i put the shoes back on
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