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Hi all I've got a bit of flaking paint on the black panel at the rear of the trunk on my Cuda (the big panel that the lights sit in). I've out found that it was painted (when restored in the 1990s) in Organosol ppg dcc 9355. Having done a fair bit of reading on this, I can see that my dcc 9355 is a ...

Just coming back to this thread to finish off, which may help some poor soul in the future. Turned out that the sticking disk pads were due to a fault with the master cylinder, which works fine now replaced, and binding has gone. Thanks to all that gave advice, and in particular the advice about cra...

Just to finish off this thread: after trying most of the ideas recommended above, I eventually got the car transported to my local American specialist garage. They've managed to improve it a bit, so the brake pedal is now higher, although without being able to get it all the way back up to the level...

Thanks Dave, much appreciated, and very helpful (as usual!). All your assumptions are right - new kit etc, no leaks visible anywhere. And to confirm: Pedal falls only when foot pressure is on the brake AND engine started, so don't believe it's the booster rod length. Also thanks for confirming that ...

HI all After a problem with sticking disk brakes last year, and some very helpful responses from you guys for which I'm very grateful, I replaced my master cylinder on my 1970 Cuda (after having also reconditioned the disk calipers etc, and replaced the flexi hoses to the caliper). This has fixed my...

Hi all, I've now completed most of the ideas and plans from previous posts and I thought it was worth updating you, as I'm still not at the bottom of it yet. Despite the tests (See earlier postings) indicating the problem was probably above the calipers, as I previously mentioned I decided to get th...

Thanks again Andy, Matt, Pete, much appreciated. Hadn't realised that these things were relatively cheap, though looks like there may be supply issues on the remanufactured ones - will look further into this over next few days. At the same time, will probably also look to refurb the ones I have, par...

I've had a bit of a re-think on my approach to this, and have decided to take the calipers apart to make sure they (and the flexible hoses) are all ok, before I start looking at more difficult areas. I've got a couple more questions I hope you can help with: (1) Having got the calipers on the bench,...

Starting with Matt's plan then, I got my G-clamp on the piston, and (unsurprisingly) couldn't move it in at all. I then cracked the brake line above the flexible hose (so where it meets the metal brake line), and this immediately released pressure and allowed the piston to be pushed in with the G-cl...

Right, I've taken the brake pads out (used a big screwdriver to lever the stuck capiper and pads up and off the disc) and all looks reasonable inside, just a fair bit of black brake pad dust. Pads look ok also - outer one is around 5mm, inner one around 7mm of remaining pad. Before I start to cracki...

Many thanks all, for fast and helpful input.

Pete - brake fluid changed a couple of years ago, so relatively recently (previous stuff in there a lot longer).

I'll work through those thoughts and ideas and let you know how it goes. Hoping to get to the Nats...

Cheers again
Pete

Hi all Looking for some of your collecive wisdom please (you've been invaluable in the past!). The disc brakes on the front of my 1970 Cuda are both sticking on, and have quickly (over 2 or 3 drives) got worse to a point where I only just got home in the heat yesterday after a short drive yesterday,...

Thanks again for further replies Cadboy, Blue, Morgan, Matt H, SJH and Dave; all very helpful. Fuses: thanks for your thoughts on this; I've read a bit more too and agree I should have some sort of fuse on the big wire (from alternator to starter relay). There are certainly pros and cons of both fus...

Thanks again for all advice and contributions so far, all much appreciated. I've spent some time thinking through your comments and looking at options and further reading. I wanted to play back what my plans are to make sure I've not got the wrong end of the stick, with some further questions in ter...

Thanks for further responses Pete, Morgan, Matt, Blue; again much appreciated. I thought I might get a bit of a kicking over the fan so thanks for going relatively easy on me and actually being very constructive! Morgan, yes, it's a very stock 383, and the point about them being designed for Texas m...