This is the continuing saga of my attempts to bring back to life my 40 from the scrap (or crap) heap.
This has been a project for the last 2.5 years and still not on the road. I am at the boiling point ready to send it back to the crap heap. Finally got the body work 95% completed, engine, trany, etc.
Have taken it for a few spins in the yard and brakes worked. I purchased a new master cylinder as the original leaked brake fluid on the inside of the firewall and peeled the paint right off (OUCH). I bench bled it and set the new master cylinder on and bled the system. At first all seemed OK in my yard adventures until the brake pedal began to go to the floor with no resistance (now thats excitement) ! I again bled the system etc, etc... still the same problems. I put 4 quarts of brake fluid thru the system without results. I noted that when the brakes were pumped up you can get pressure and acuate the brakes. Upon releasing the brake pedal you could actually see the brake fluid "gurgling" back into the master cylinder reservior, and depressing the brake pedal would result in no resistance. I finally had enough and took the 40 to a mechanic in town and he charged me 60.00 to tell me some of the cylinders were frozen. I brought the 40 home and checked and they did appear frozen.
I ordered all new wheel cylinders put them on myself, bled the system, and the same symptoms persist. I have had this jacked up in the shop for a month. By the way, no leaks from the lines, etc exist.
So now I am ready to get out the torch and permanently send it to the bone yard! I intended to restore it and have fun wheeling, not have it constantly broke down and wrenching on it.
Does anyone have any ideas before I light off the torch ?
This has been a project for the last 2.5 years and still not on the road. I am at the boiling point ready to send it back to the crap heap. Finally got the body work 95% completed, engine, trany, etc.
Have taken it for a few spins in the yard and brakes worked. I purchased a new master cylinder as the original leaked brake fluid on the inside of the firewall and peeled the paint right off (OUCH). I bench bled it and set the new master cylinder on and bled the system. At first all seemed OK in my yard adventures until the brake pedal began to go to the floor with no resistance (now thats excitement) ! I again bled the system etc, etc... still the same problems. I put 4 quarts of brake fluid thru the system without results. I noted that when the brakes were pumped up you can get pressure and acuate the brakes. Upon releasing the brake pedal you could actually see the brake fluid "gurgling" back into the master cylinder reservior, and depressing the brake pedal would result in no resistance. I finally had enough and took the 40 to a mechanic in town and he charged me 60.00 to tell me some of the cylinders were frozen. I brought the 40 home and checked and they did appear frozen.
I ordered all new wheel cylinders put them on myself, bled the system, and the same symptoms persist. I have had this jacked up in the shop for a month. By the way, no leaks from the lines, etc exist.
So now I am ready to get out the torch and permanently send it to the bone yard! I intended to restore it and have fun wheeling, not have it constantly broke down and wrenching on it.
Does anyone have any ideas before I light off the torch ?