bleeding brakes *

["Terry & Andree Hoeman" <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

all 55 Chrysler products use the same braking systems. Big differences of
course for
the master cylinder assy if power brakes or standard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: IML: bleeding brakes *


> 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.
> >
> >
> >