[AT] OT--Farm Truck brakes

[charliehill]

John, it's a mystery to me but knowing about where you live I think you need 
to make sure they are fixed!  My guess would have been a wheel cyl.  Cecil 
might be on the right track too.  However, I guess it is possible that you 
are right and the air worked it's way out of the system.  I'm not that 
lucky.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:19 AM
Subject: [AT] OT--Farm Truck brakes


> I have a problem with the brakes on my F-600 Ford grain truck. I have had
> the truck for a about a year but have never put it on the road. We have 
> been
> making some odd and end repairs to get it roadworthy. The guy I bought it
> from had tags on it through 2007. He put a master cylinder on it some time
> back. I noticed an empty can of brake fluid in the floorboard when I 
> bought
> it. While using it around the farm last summer we needed to add some brake
> fluid. Then this winter while sitting under the shed untouched for a few
> months, all the fluid disappeared from the master cylinder. We refilled it
> but had no brakes. Parked it to work on another day. When we went to get 
> it
> to take to the shop, we had full pedal/brakes and the master cylinder was
> still full. I have looked on every wheel and cannot find a leak (didn't 
> pull
> the wheels--with this much fluid missing it should be easy to find). We 
> also
> pulled the vacuum line of the booster to see if it was leaking into it and
> burring the fluid--dry. Don't see anything leaking from the master 
> cylinder
> either.  What is the chance that when the guy changed the master cylinder 
> he
> got a huge air block in the line and was able to drive the truck for a
> couple years and not know it--and then it finally worked its way out 
> sitting
> under the shed? If that is not a possibility, then where could all this
> fluid be going?
>
> John Hall
>
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