Question for you guys.....
My Dad has owned a '81 Imperial for about 10 years now. The car was converted to a 2 bbl carb from EFI by the dealer back in the day when he first bought the car. His complaint since he bought the car is with the brakes feeling mushy requiring allot of pedal travel to really activate them, like air is in the lines. The rear drums are fine and in adjustment but the Imperial has had the front calipers, front brake lines, proportioning valve, master cylinder and power brake booster replaced and of course blead on many occasions. We even changed the power brake vacum source from the carb base plate to the intake manifold.
When you apply the brakes the nose will dive but it takes allot of pedal movement to do that. If you double pump the brake pedal the brakes seem much more responsive (like having air in the lines but there isn't any). If the brake pedal is slammed it will stop but the wheels don't lock up super hard.
So my question is this normal? Is this how the brakes feel with these cars?
I don't know anyone with a similar type Mirada/Cordoba/Imperial to compare these brakes against.
Thanks in advance. Jim.
My Dad has owned a '81 Imperial for about 10 years now. The car was converted to a 2 bbl carb from EFI by the dealer back in the day when he first bought the car. His complaint since he bought the car is with the brakes feeling mushy requiring allot of pedal travel to really activate them, like air is in the lines. The rear drums are fine and in adjustment but the Imperial has had the front calipers, front brake lines, proportioning valve, master cylinder and power brake booster replaced and of course blead on many occasions. We even changed the power brake vacum source from the carb base plate to the intake manifold.
When you apply the brakes the nose will dive but it takes allot of pedal movement to do that. If you double pump the brake pedal the brakes seem much more responsive (like having air in the lines but there isn't any). If the brake pedal is slammed it will stop but the wheels don't lock up super hard.
So my question is this normal? Is this how the brakes feel with these cars?
I don't know anyone with a similar type Mirada/Cordoba/Imperial to compare these brakes against.
Thanks in advance. Jim.
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