The Poor Man’s Master Cylinder Upgrade
by: Gerald E. Morris
Brakes first concerned me just 3 days after purchasing Mathilda (our 2 door ‘66 Chrysler Newport). I had to replace drums, studs, shoes, springs all within the first month of owning Tilly. Front wheel cylinders and hoses followed a year later. By the second year’s end, I had GOOD brakes which stopped Mathilda’s hurtling 2.1 tons quickly, reliably and consistently, with but ONE fly polluting the DOT 3 fluid: the...
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by: Gerald E. Morris
Brakes first concerned me just 3 days after purchasing Mathilda (our 2 door ‘66 Chrysler Newport). I had to replace drums, studs, shoes, springs all within the first month of owning Tilly. Front wheel cylinders and hoses followed a year later. By the second year’s end, I had GOOD brakes which stopped Mathilda’s hurtling 2.1 tons quickly, reliably and consistently, with but ONE fly polluting the DOT 3 fluid: the...
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