My two cents on the factory brake thing. Quite a few years ago, 12 or so I bought a 67 Town and Country wagon. I still have it. It has the four piston disk brakes. As I have done on All my Imperials that have the disks and most of the wheel cylinders, if you take them apart, 99% of the time I was able to reuse the undamaged old seals, but just needed to hone out the caliper or wheel cylinders and get all the old rust and crap out of the old parts! With new brake fluid and the same disassembly of the master cylinder I have had most of these cars, including the wagon give me no new brake trouble! MY Advise, go ahead and take one apart if it is already leaking and see if you can clean out the bore, a hone from any auto parts store and your drill can usually clean it right up! I really have no complaints on any of my factory brakes and I really love the 4-piston disks on the 67's -69's I have! Yes including the 440 cid, Limited slip (that still works), Factory duel exhaust, duel snorkel air cleaner, very fast, and quick stopping WAGON! Now if I can just fix all those rear axle seal leaks I am now getting all at once...... HMMMM.... I love these old cars....... 65 Imperial and a whole herd of others here on Imperial ranch, Colorado! ----- Original Message ----- From: roger crabtree Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 9:42 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Help with converting from Budd calipers? Drain system and flush then go to synthetic brake
fluid. Works on the street rod RC ps check for
compatability.
--- AMX4080@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hello,
> I just signed up for the mailing list this
> weekend, and can already see it is very active.
> Looks like this is the place I can get some advice
> on a problem I have been working on for a while now.
> While not an Imperial, the problem I am having is
> with my 1967 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station
> wagon, which shares the Budd disk brakes with (I'm
> pretty sure) Imperials and was also an option on
> 300's.
> I am on my second set of calipers, and they have
> again started to leak. When they work, they work
> super. But now with the leaking again, the wagon
> has no brakes. I've seen postings regarding these
> calipers which state that they work fine if use
> often. Problem is that this vehicle is occasional
> use, which means it will sit at least a week between
> uses sometimes. The pad are getting harder to find,
> and I'd like to investigate swapping this system
> with parts from a later model.
> My question is: Has anyone performed this
> conversion? What parts do I need? Will some later
> Chrysler calipers bolt on or is it more involved so
> I should be prepared to swap spindles, lower control
> arms, etc.?
> A parts list would be wonderful so I may begin
> collecting the pieces. Any advice on things that
> will be a problem would be very much appriciated.
> If this posting is innapropriate for the list or
> has been discussed and posted on line already please
> let me know. Thanks in advance.
> --G
> '64 Imperial
> '67 Chrysler Newport Town & Country
> '67 AMC Marlin
> '68 Chrysler New Yorker
> '68 Plymouth Barracuda
> '68 AMC AMX
> '91 Jeep Wrangler Renegade
> '98 Jeep Grand Cherokee
>
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