These are drum brakes, as others have pointed out. One can get a pretty
good idea of the wear left in drum brake linings by looking in the brake
adjustment window with a good flashlight. If the star wheel threads are
from 0 to 3/8 inch long, there is probably enough lining left to drive the
car a short while until you get around to doing a careful inspection by
removing the drums to take a real look at them. If there is more than 3/8
of an inch of thread showing on the adjuster rod, the linings are pretty
well used up - don't drive the car far at all in this condition, especially
if you hear noise from the brakes.
Inspecting the brakes properly is so quick that I wonder why you wouldn't
just pop the drums off there and see for yourself - all it takes is maybe 2
minutes per wheel to take the drums off, and only one wrench - a large
Crescent will do (We're talking about front brakes here, I assume - rears
can be a problem if you have tapered axle ends, it takes a special very
heavy duty puller to get the drums off).
As for putting electronic ignition on your car, I don't know why folks do
this; I've never considered it, so I'm not the person to offer an opinion as
to which brand is best. I like to keep things original, that is why I drive
an old car.
If one were to start replacing things because they are old and obsolete
technology, I'd be the first to be replaced!
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: Yvon&Henri <ybhk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:31 AM
Subject: IML: ignition and brake question, 65 Crown
> Hi,
>
> I have my imp now for 2 months and I like to check the brake pads. Is
there a
> way to check them without disassembling the whole brakes?
>
> Second question. I like to install a pertronix ignition kit. First I
wanted
> to install
> a mallory Unilite, but my mechanic advised me a pertronix kit, because it
would
> be much cheaper and good enough for my cruisin'. He has one for a 440. Is
> this the
> same as for the 413?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Henri Kwakkel
> 65 Imperial Crown
> The Netherlands
>
>
>
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