Ok, gentlemen.
Put on your thinking caps here. This winter, I will simply have to do something with the brakes of the old wood hauler.
The more seasoned mechanics here will know what I am struggling with. 1967 Dodge, with a hydrovac booster.
It "leaks" not brake fluid, but the diaphram is screwed up. If I "hit" it really hard, it will assist the brakes. if I ease into it. there is NO assist at all.
Thankfully it works as well as it does. So, I am driving it very cautiously at the moment. It has to run, it is the only truck that can deliver wood at the moment!
Ok, the origional hydrovac system is a single bore master cylinder under the truck, fed from a cylinder on the firewall. They are available, but very expensive. And rare.
What is the point of keeping it original anyway? I just want it to stop... The current thought process is to change out the whole enchilada with a dual diaphram booster on the firewall, and use a dual master cylinder, front and rear brakes. based upon what I am experiencing... I think it is workable. At the moment it stops about the same as say, a 3/4 ton truck without the power brakes working.
It will stop, but takes a LEG to do it. So the fluid volume and pressure is probably about the same as a 1 ton Ford... etc.
Brakes are necessary. When loaded up this thing is probably around 15,000 lbs. Won't win any races. Top speed is about 45, maybe 50 down hill
However, that is 2 full cords of firewood tossed in loose, and it is a dumpy, which is about the only really nice thing about the truck.
That, and it doesn't break down very often.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
Put on your thinking caps here. This winter, I will simply have to do something with the brakes of the old wood hauler.
The more seasoned mechanics here will know what I am struggling with. 1967 Dodge, with a hydrovac booster.
It "leaks" not brake fluid, but the diaphram is screwed up. If I "hit" it really hard, it will assist the brakes. if I ease into it. there is NO assist at all.
Thankfully it works as well as it does. So, I am driving it very cautiously at the moment. It has to run, it is the only truck that can deliver wood at the moment!
Ok, the origional hydrovac system is a single bore master cylinder under the truck, fed from a cylinder on the firewall. They are available, but very expensive. And rare.
What is the point of keeping it original anyway? I just want it to stop... The current thought process is to change out the whole enchilada with a dual diaphram booster on the firewall, and use a dual master cylinder, front and rear brakes. based upon what I am experiencing... I think it is workable. At the moment it stops about the same as say, a 3/4 ton truck without the power brakes working.
It will stop, but takes a LEG to do it. So the fluid volume and pressure is probably about the same as a 1 ton Ford... etc.
Brakes are necessary. When loaded up this thing is probably around 15,000 lbs. Won't win any races. Top speed is about 45, maybe 50 down hill
However, that is 2 full cords of firewood tossed in loose, and it is a dumpy, which is about the only really nice thing about the truck.
That, and it doesn't break down very often.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?