Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2017/5/14 18:52:02
Received my Ross Miller rebuilt Bendix T.V. Friday.
I put it in the mail on the 4th and received it back on the 12th. Impressed me.
He found a hole in the aluminium housing and replaced the whole thing. His note said it was the old brake fluid that caused it. It was quite a bit pitting inside.
I'll put it on the shelf for now with the other rebuilt parts. It will probably be winter before I put it on the car.
I gave a lot of thought on whether or not to have the TV rebuilt. A couple years worth of thought actually. In the end I just didn't have the knowledge to convert to a modern master cylinder and feel safe with it. Some of the threads here make it look pretty simple or straight forward but I don't even have the automotive knowledge that some of you do let alone the engineering background.
Talked to KevinAZ about his T.V. briefly while visiting him in January and of course read everything on this site and just decided that this was my best bet. I also didn't want to give up my fresh air vent.
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I put it in the mail on the 4th and received it back on the 12th. Impressed me.
He found a hole in the aluminium housing and replaced the whole thing. His note said it was the old brake fluid that caused it. It was quite a bit pitting inside.
I'll put it on the shelf for now with the other rebuilt parts. It will probably be winter before I put it on the car.
I gave a lot of thought on whether or not to have the TV rebuilt. A couple years worth of thought actually. In the end I just didn't have the knowledge to convert to a modern master cylinder and feel safe with it. Some of the threads here make it look pretty simple or straight forward but I don't even have the automotive knowledge that some of you do let alone the engineering background.
Talked to KevinAZ about his T.V. briefly while visiting him in January and of course read everything on this site and just decided that this was my best bet. I also didn't want to give up my fresh air vent.
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