[tcb] Re: repair story
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:05:23 -0800 (PST)
Knock on wood, I have never had that problem. It just seems that the cylinders
are prone to leak a lot more than they should. I would think cylinders, both
wheel and master, should last a lot longer than they do.
--- On Thu, 11/17/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 4:57 PM
It’s the treading where the line goes to the cylinders. I could not get a good
thread no matter how I tried. Had to take off the cylinder, thread in the line
and put the cylinder back on the backing plate and I used plumbers tape. I
don’t know that the tape is a good idea in an automotive use, but it did stop
the leak.
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
sammie smith
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:00 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
Well, I don't know what causes so many brake cylinder leaks in the old busses.
I have changed so many wheel and master cylinders on my busses I think I could
do it in my sleep. The current leak, lower cylinder on the left, is not more
than 3 years old. About 3 years ago I rebuilt the entire front brakes on that
thing with all new cylinders.
I heard that Steve Chamberlain is an expert on the split bus brake systems.
Maybe he has some ideas.
--- On Thu, 11/17/11, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 8:20 AM
I've got the same problem currently Sammie, which is the reason I haven't
driven it in a while.
On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:24 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There's always something wrong with the old busses. I drove the panel van to
the VW club meeting the other night and the front brakes were pulling hard to
the right. OK, got a chance to look at it this morning; sure enough wheel
cylinder leak on the left had given the shoes a good coating of brake fluid.
Order two new cylinders. Will be here in a couple of days. It's always
something to keep them happy.
--- On Wed, 11/16/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] repair story
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:23 PM
So, I have gone back to work, painting apartments and condos and houses for a
rental management company and Murray is my work truck. He loves it and he goes
to work every day, but he started a miss and a hesitation from a standing start
and got worse soon. I cleaned my points with a little sandpaper and it seemed
to run a little better, but still bad. I changed my spark plugs, I put in new
set of points that was in my tool box. No joy. I bought and put in Petronix
ignition (because I hated setting the gap on the points) and set my timing and
still I had a miss. It wasn’t sporadic anymore it was a steady power loss.
OK. Not the coil, no cracked dizzy cap, rotor OK, new ignition, new plugs, what
the hell, I’ll change the spark plug wires. In doing so I couldn’t get one old
one to come out. I had disconnected it at the dizzy and at the plug, but it
wouldn’t pull free.
I had changed my alternator months ago and, apparently, when I put the top
shroud back on, I pinched the wire between the shroud tin and the head tin.
What an idiot.
I lopped off the old one and put in the new wire and… Murray runs like a
rocket.
Isn’t it a great satisfaction when you solve a problem and your bus runs well
after?
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