[dmaddox]

UPDATE:::::::

Ok, went and bought another Master cylinder just to be safe.

Procedure this morning:

1. Removed each drum, inspected and adjusted each wheel cylinder and adjusted the brake pads until just dragging, then back it off a touch.

2. I went and bought a "bench-bleeding" kit at the parts store.

3. I removed the lines, bench bled the master extensively.

4. I bled each of the 8 wheel cylinders starting with the farthest away, etc... Again extensively bled them (power bled them with my brother building up lots of pressure then slamming to the floor as I opened the bleeder, one by one.

5. Adjusted the pedal play (again, this is a NON power setup) pedal moves 4mm, gap between push rod and master cylinder plunger is about 2-3mm. So, the piston is allowed full movement and not held in by a mis-adjusted rod.

6. Nothing. Pedal flops to the floor, and the only way to get pressure is to pump the pedal.

That would now be 4 master cylinders - same results.

Next is to rip out my original 63 drum axles and replace with late model disk front/drum rear fine splined axles.

I didn't want to have to do this becuase I have 3 sets of spare "ball and claw" axles and I wanted to stay original, but then again - I'd like to have a working brake system as well.

Thanks for the comments everyone,

Dallas