I'm about to tackle the brakes on our 1950 6400.
Since I already have to buy a new master cylinder and Hydavac and lines and wheel cylinders, does anyone recommend a particular one over another? Is there a particularly great master cylinder or Hydravac to find, or is the stock replacement stuff at my local Napa Auto Parts dealer gonna do a good job?
Jim, you Left-Bankers (Californians) think bigger than this mid-westerner, and Grigg is clearly one of the biggest thinkers - and do-ers! - of all. But I'm wondering what your ultimate goal is for this truck, and why you're contemplating a complicated procedure. If you have the original (but maybe shot?) hydrovac, why not get it rebuilt? I think rebuilding all the brakes (pads, cylinders, master, lines, etc.), and the hydrovac, AND, making sure the emergency brake functions properly, would be sufficient for a truck that shouldn't be driven that fast to begin with.
Of course, California isn't as flat as the Midwest, I'll grant you, and I know modern traffic can be challenging. But I put more faith in a simple, but reliable system, with appropriate driving habits, then in more modern but complicated technology that still can't overcome poor decisions.
This, however, is the opinion of a guy who, after 4 years of driving into and out of the same garage behind his house every day, managed to back into a tree next to the driveway. (it was dark, and raining . . . and, and . . . REALLY foggy . . . yeah . . . that's the ticket!)
-Michael
