Going through my 72 FJ40 to get it ready for its first run and have a brake issue. It has the stock drums on all four, replaced all of the wheel cylinders and pads and turned the drums. After a couple days bleeding the system with my boy no dice. Pedal would go to floor each time on the first pump and would build and then hold pressure. Did this multiple times. Decided to bleed master cylinder and while doing so noticed that when the pedal was depressed all the way I would get bubbles from the bottom of the rear reservoir. This would only happen when the pedal was within the last couple inches of travel. Pulled the master cylinder off the and looks like it may be leaking in the rear.
Running low on time and in searching for solutions noticed a lot of references to using the Fj80 master cylinder from Marlin Crawler. Has anyone used this on their Fj40 running all drums? I only see reference to rear drums with front discs. Since time is an issue and Marlin Crawler is about an hour away this seems to be a good choice since eventually I will go with discs in the front.
Running low on time and in searching for solutions noticed a lot of references to using the Fj80 master cylinder from Marlin Crawler. Has anyone used this on their Fj40 running all drums? I only see reference to rear drums with front discs. Since time is an issue and Marlin Crawler is about an hour away this seems to be a good choice since eventually I will go with discs in the front.