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About 9 months later, he decided to sell it at auction. He took it out of his storage facility and drove it to his shop. On the way there his brakes failed, pedal went to the floor. Luckily he was able to safely get the car stopped. They traced it to the Bendix and had it swapped out with a different rebuilt unit just in time to send it out for auction.
Imagine that. BUT, I wasn't aware that the '57-'58 Packards used a BTV. But I've been wrong before.
WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO COMPREHEND THAT ANY SINGLE LINE MASTER CYLINDER IS DANGEROUS??? The standard argument is "It worked just fine when it was new!" Or, "I've driven on a stock master cylinder for years and never have had a problem".
Well, I gots news fer ya, cars stop in 1/3 the distance they did 50 years ago, and drivers are a hell of a lot worse now than they were then. It's time for the universal application of common sense.
Ignorance, it's contagious.
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