Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?

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Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid? 37 GC #1523714 10/27/2023 5:38 PM
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klhansen Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,137 Eagle River, Alaska	Originally Posted by 37 GC If you have a more modern front suspension and rear end, those brakes are Bendix brakes rather than Huck and should be self adjusting. You’ve got a leak somewhere if you are adding fluid or a bad master cylinder, and or air in the lines if it is necessary to pump. Depends on how modern the front brakes are. Self adjusting brakes were added by GM in 1963. I had a 72 K10 pickup that had self adjusting brakes. Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. \| 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.

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Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/23/2023 11:19 AM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Jethro in Va	10/23/2023 11:29 AM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	78buckshot	10/23/2023 12:18 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Jethro in Va	10/23/2023 12:36 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/23/2023 1:43 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	37 GC	10/27/2023 2:09 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	klhansen	10/27/2023 5:38 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Fibonachu	10/23/2023 3:23 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	78buckshot	10/23/2023 4:34 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/23/2023 5:19 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	gmc-is-me	10/23/2023 5:34 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Fibonachu	10/23/2023 6:08 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Guitplayer	10/23/2023 8:44 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/23/2023 10:29 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Guitplayer	10/23/2023 10:54 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Dusty53	10/24/2023 12:57 AM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/24/2023 10:02 AM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	Otto Skorzeny	10/27/2023 7:00 PM
Re: Is it normal to need to add brake fluid?	WE b OLD	10/27/2023 9:10 PM

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