bleeding brakes *

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So does the 55 desoto use this type of power system? 
RC --- Rog & Jan van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: > The '55 is totally different than the '54. 
The '55
> has a
> suspended brake pedal with the MC on the firewall. 
> The '54
> pedal goes through the floor to the MC under the
> floor on
> the frame rail.
> 
> The '55 is a one year only setup, with a combination
> master
> cylinder and booster that works on a displacement
> process.
> A complete '56 system could be retrofit to a '55,
> but
> there's nothing on either compatable with a '54. 
> '54 was
> truly the end of an era.
> 
> --Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto,
> '66
> Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: bleeding brakes *
> 
> 
> | I was just wondering how much difference there is
> in
> | the 54 system and the 55 system.  Your front
> breaks
> | look just like mine with the double slave
> cylinders.
> | Are the master cylinders the same between the two
> | years?  The part house says 55 was the only year
> for
> | that master cylinder but I dont know.  RC.
> 
> 
>