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I went with the local Plymouth Club chapter to see the foliage in the Duluth MN area yesterday. We had perfect weather! My 50 Wayfarer ran a lot better with a new vacuum advance. Until installing that last week it was running very poorly with no power and a lot of hesitation with a rebuilt engine. However two serious issues cropped up on the drive. First my oil pressure at idle is way too low for a rebuilt engine. After driving any length and warming it up the pressure drops to 5-10 pounds at idle but is over 40 once you get above about 1000 rpm. Someone in the club told me there is some kind of spring that controls oil from the oil filter going back to the crankcase that probably needs replacing. Some of you flathead experts must know what he is talking about - I don't. Second as I neared home from the 350 mile drive I started hearing screeching from the left rear wheel when applying the brakes. I only went a few blocks after that started before the brake pedal almost went to the floor and I lost about 90% of my braking. Since it was evening and shops in the area were closed I limped into a nearby brake shop parking lot. When I looked under the back of the car it appeared there was smoke coming out of the left rear brake drum and it was very hot. The car had a complete brake overhaul with new wheel cylinders and master cylinder just 1500 miles ago. The car is going to sit there until Monday morning (unless some idiot steals it) but I am trying to answer my wife's question whether this is a minor or major issue. Is this likely to be a bad wheel bearing causing the brakes to get too hot? Any guesses before I get the (bad?) news Monday? I sure love taking this car touring like this - people notice it since it is not common to see one like it. But it sure keeps taking a big bite out of my bank account. One of the attached pictures is of a 62 Dodge Polara 500 we saw in a garage in Moose Lake. What a beautiful car and I assume pretty rare too.