Re: IML: More 60 Brake help- going crazy!

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

It shouldn't be necessary to push the pedal all the way to the floor to stop the car. I would say that the normal amount of travel is about half way to the floor, but at slow speeds the car should stop well before having to depress the pedal that much. 

I think you may still have air in the lines. Bleeding the brakes on these cars can be tricky, and make take a while. The only way I have found to successfully bleed out ALL of the air is to use a little jar of fluid at each wheel cylinder with a tube connected to the bleeder going into it. Have someone in the car pump the pedal while the tube is submerged in the fluid. Keeping the master cylinder full, you need to watch the fluid as it exits the tube and goes into the jar. If there are any "fizzy bubbles" in the stream, then you are not done bleeding. You may have to go around the car three or four times spending several minutes at each wheel cylinder to get it right. 

Having a pressure bleeder that attaches to the master cylinder, with an endless supply of fluid is the easiest way, but I haven't seen a bleeder like that anyplace in 30 years.

Paul

In an email dated 9/4/2005 6:22:01 am GMT Daylight time, HavADope@xxxxxxx writes:

>Okay everyone, I know I keep bugging everyone, but this problem is still ?
>driving me up the wall. I rebuilt MC 3 yrs ago and less than 500 miles. I used ?
>silicon grease around the bleeder screws to stop bleed by. Then I used a ?
>handpump style brake bleeder at each wheel cylinder to breed the brakes. I had ?the 
>wife at the MC pouring fluid in steadily as I went. I flushed the whole ?
>system out with new fluid. Without the booster pedal is hard, usually requires a ?
>second pump to get a great pedal, but still not soo hard I cant stop. With the 
> booster the pedal seems too easy, but still grabbing only about 1/2 inch off 
>the ?floor. Now being only 32 years old, I never knew how these pedals felt 
>new, but ?It seems a little weird they should have such a long pedal stroke 
>before ?stopping. Can anyone with a working 56-61 with the stock setup tell me 
>how far ?and how solid the pedal should feel with the booster working!?!? I cant 
>think of ?anything else I can do, I mean its not like the fluid is completely 
>leaving the ?lines between each pedal pump, and the system is semi vented 
>around the MC ?cap(no rubber ?seal around screw down bolt), and everything else 
>is new. ?Any help is soo greatly appreciated as I am going crazy here!!!!!!
>Marc Lamp
>1960 4dr ht 
>


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