From: jeremyknopow (jeremyknopow@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 19:52:28 PDT
Bruce,
Good idea - I checked the line - but it's not clogged. There's simply
no brake fluid getting from the reservoir into the master cylinder.
Perhaps that is symptomatic of a stuck piston, as other have replied?
Thanks,
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of Bruce Beattie
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 8:27 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] 1953 M35 Brakes
Hi Jeremy,
Maybe something dented the line. If it has been standing empty for a
while
you may have rust in the line. I would disconnect the line from the
master
cylinder
and the air pack and try to blow out the line with compressed air. If
that
doesn't work,
I suspect that it is time to replace the line, which is not that
difficult to
do.
my 2 cents
Bruce MVPA 23824
jeremyknopow wrote:
> I just got this truck. 1953 REO gas engine. Everything runs fine and
> the previous owner said the brakes used to work, but they leaked and
> needed refilling. I refilled at the master cylinder and got nothing -
> the brake pedal very easily just goes to the floor.
>
> The master cylinder reservoir is filled, but when I disconnected the
> feed to the air/hydraulic unit (at the air/hydraulic unit) very little
> brake fluid came out. I expected the master cylinder to drain out,
but
> it didn't, it just stayed full???
>
> Anyways, it seems the brake fluid is not getting from the master
> cylinder to the air/hydraulic unit.
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
>
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