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1967 122S Wagon with the 1800E mechanical innards
Okay, I replaced my busted double-flare tool and fixed my badly leaking rear break plumbing. The system holds about 40 psi w/o leaking. I want to tidy it up a little, but this does the trick for now. I've not been able to drive the car in many months due to the brake system upgrades, so I was looking forward to feeling that the car could stop under it's own power again.
So, I bled the system, jumped in, started it up, and prepared to feel powerful braking power.
The pedal sinks and provides only limited resistance. Weird. I was concerned that maybe I had the vacuum check valve on wrong, so I removed it entirely and put a straight 1/2 hose on. Still weak feel. So, I removed the vacuum entirely and felt brake resistance much like I had when I only had a split-single circuit system with external servo boosted front brakes (incidentally, it's the same master cylinder)...
So I *guess* that the servo assist is working and brakes are indeed being boosted when the vacuum is hooked up. Sadly, the car's up on jackstands while I work on the E-brake so I can't really give it a stop test. I don;t recall this fell when teh system was in the 1800E. Any sense if this is normal or if I have another problem...? Do I need to adjust the Clevis and rod?
Also, I figured that I could probably just bolt the E-brake up and hook it to my existing lever, but after attaching the clip ends to the rear disk hardware (routing the cable between the torque and trailing arms) it comes up about 6 inches too short. A bit beyond the maximum adjustment of the hardware...
Recall that I had to run entirely new brake line because the 1800 lines were shorter than the 220's chassis. Do I have the same problem with the E-Brake Cable too??? If so, how to get around this. I'm going to need a working e-brake to get her past safety inspection.
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