Posted by Dana on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 10:52AM :
In Reply to: Brakes on 1948 PW posted by Brian from San Mateo on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 at 10:18AM :
Will your dad adopt me?!?!? Nobody gave me a POWER WAGON when I was 15!!! That's Fantastic! Sounds like you have POWER WAGON brakes. Bleed them, that might help, but even then remember; they're NOT disc brakes. They're NOT power brakes. They're 50+ year old manual drum brakes, you'll never stop-on-a-dime. You can add vacuum assist, you can add disc brake kits for them, but if you're going stock, just bleed them, maybe replace the master cylinder or lines (depending if there's a leak somewhere in the system) and drive slow! (Is there any other way?!) Leave yourself room to stop in traffic!