Hello everyone,
I'm replacing all the brake lines, master cylinder, and all four wheel cylinders on my '68 Newport Custom which I just bought late last year. I've run into problem after problem and am at the end of my patience with this project. Hoping that someone out there may have done this recently and can give me some advice.
My latest problem is I snapped off the bleeder nipple on the front left cylinder. It's a really tight fit to get a wrench in there and I bent the nipple which is why it snapped off. This cylinder had a bleeder nipple that used a 7mm wrench.
After not being able to find a replacement nipple (don't know how a parts store can sell a cylinder but not the replacement bleeder) I ordered a new cylinder from a different parts store in the hopes that it might be a little better quality. It came with a bleeder nipple that uses an 8mm wrench. That's all fine and good but the 7mm wrench already barely fits and I don't think an 8mm wrench will. I was going to install it just to see but then noticed that the flat surface that the copper crush washer seals against is quite a bit smaller on this new cylinder. The new cylinder is shown to the right in the attached picture. Would you guys install this? Do you think there's enough flat area for the crush washer to seal?
Finally, does anyone know of a source for quality wheel cylinders? I haven't been having a lot of luck with these aftermarket ones.
Thanks!
I'm replacing all the brake lines, master cylinder, and all four wheel cylinders on my '68 Newport Custom which I just bought late last year. I've run into problem after problem and am at the end of my patience with this project. Hoping that someone out there may have done this recently and can give me some advice.
My latest problem is I snapped off the bleeder nipple on the front left cylinder. It's a really tight fit to get a wrench in there and I bent the nipple which is why it snapped off. This cylinder had a bleeder nipple that used a 7mm wrench.
After not being able to find a replacement nipple (don't know how a parts store can sell a cylinder but not the replacement bleeder) I ordered a new cylinder from a different parts store in the hopes that it might be a little better quality. It came with a bleeder nipple that uses an 8mm wrench. That's all fine and good but the 7mm wrench already barely fits and I don't think an 8mm wrench will. I was going to install it just to see but then noticed that the flat surface that the copper crush washer seals against is quite a bit smaller on this new cylinder. The new cylinder is shown to the right in the attached picture. Would you guys install this? Do you think there's enough flat area for the crush washer to seal?
Finally, does anyone know of a source for quality wheel cylinders? I haven't been having a lot of luck with these aftermarket ones.
Thanks!