Been kinda slow. I’ve sold BaT and fleabay a few times and this looked like it might be good to try. They wrote the ad. Pics were a struggle being as it’s winter here.
Clunky communications - I can’t message people until they message me. Have had two offline messages. One for a trade. One for...
I subscribe to the mag, I’ve searched their site online for cars, never thought of them as an ‘auction’ site. Then I tripped over the auction site looking into posting an online ad.
Anyone know roughly where it is (besides just under the dash!)
I crawled up under there and even swept through with a camera but can’t see anything that looks like a relay.
This principly is a p brake vs an e brake. It would work in an e, but it is needed to p every time you shut off the car or the car rolls away. My 47 caddy hydromatic you can leave in reverse when the car is parked, but this car is freewheeling in any gear when off.
The adjustment nut is missing in the photo. I had that out.
All I see is the return sling missing with two bootleg springs instead.
I’m thinking I’ll swap out the pads and find a new return spring and put it back together.
Looks like I got the optional dual return spring set up.
Lots of pad life. Though they look a little old. Lots of room on the adjuster. I’m thinking I will just adjust the pads out a little and she what happens. what’s there was working.
Both worked till I drove it a mile or so on. Neither way worked till I tightened the cable. I feel like I am near the end of the cable now with just a little bite forward. Since there is an internal adjustment, I’m thinking it may not have been set right since rebuild - me again - and that might...
Funny, I had the tranny completely rebuilt. I don’t recall ever discussing the brake. For all I know it is brand new and was never set right!
while I’m under there I plan to pull it off and inspect. I thought a borescope in th adjustment hole might give me a sense of new or no pretty quick. I...