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Sorrry, didn't answer this part.
...if all of my cylinders had gone out would the car still stop?
I think you mean if one of the wheel cylinders go out will the car stop,
probably not. Thats why I recomended a dual resavoir mastercylinder if you
need the original one replaced. With a dual resavoir m/c it kind of
gives you two braking systems, one front, one rear. This is
for safety in case of a brake failure. If you have a brake failure,
pump the brake pedal this will sometimes give you pressure inthe brake
system and don't forget the emergency brake is there also. The
emergency brake doesn't rely on brake fluid so it will work in an emergency to
get you stopped.
Dennis
68 Omaha Orange FB 360
67 Imperial Titanic 4 door sedan
64
Dodge 880 land yacht w 413
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:22
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Am I getting
screwed?
OK Megan, you got everyone stirred up on the subject. So what did you
do?
Gary Kitterman
'56 C-73 "Babe"
Subject: IML: Am I getting screwed?
If I wrote out all the
details and the whole story it would take pages,
so here is the brief
summary. I took my '63 Custom to get new brake
shoes on the front
and the rear at Midas. They called me and said that
I also needed 4 new
wheel/brake cylinders. I don't know anything about
brakes really,
so when they told me I was leery. I mean, the car was
stopping, granted
it sounded like hell, but it was still stopping...if
all of my cylinders
had gone out would the car still stop? Whenever I
went to pick her
up last night I felt really uneasy about the whole
situation, they just
weren't giving me the comforting feeling that they
knew what they were
doing or that something was going on. They took
her off the lift
and had me test drive it because the brakes seemed
mushy to them. I
was scared to death, she wouldn't stop and we almost
wrecked. I took her
back and they came up with some crap about while
bleeding the brakes in
old cars sometimes the valve in the master
cylinder will go out and that
I needed a new master cylinder. The
master cylinder was fine
whenever I took it in there. That, and I just
payed $846 for new
shoes and the 4 wheel cylinders. I believe I was
already screwed on
the price, but I just want the input, advice and
insight any of you may
have. My boss told me that there wasn't a valve
that they are
speaking of. Please help anyway. I want to be
prepared
whenever the guy calls me about Ms. Pearl
today.
Megan
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