Recent content by JamesAutumn

Hmm you know i will jack it up and check cause that sounds like what i'd do haha

Update: Welp finally bought new lines front and back and now the brakes no longer stick and are properly distributing fluid! So happy and it's getting on the path to being my daily driver again! New worry/issue: When i start on a striaght away or make a deep left or right turn, the right rear...

My dad, a mechanic of 40 years just mentioned that about breaking it in @krazykuda i might have to listen for once and give it a shot. Thanks for the advice on that. When the weather is less icy and rainy i'll test it and update you guys on it. Thanks for the comments and lessons i'm learning a lot!

The drum that replaced the original [shocking i know but according to research i've had the original factory drums all these years] is more sleek or smaller in design? The self adjuster is dialed all the way back, meaning it's not expanded one bit. The brakes aren't tight when putting the drums...

I'd like to think after replacing the brakes 4 times during this problem i'd get it right lol I could check to see if the proper sides are on

Latest Update: Replaced all the springs, shoes, and drums on the back of the car. The wobble is gone. The right side is perfection. The left side doesn't stick anymore, but, but, but!!!!! it is still somehow smoking when i take it down the street and back so i dunno what's up! Any ideas?

@krazykuda Thanks i'll check it out soon as i can! All the advice i've gotten so far is definitely giving me ideas to get this beauty on the road again

A couple of questions i can answer to the best of my ability is: 1. The wheel cylinders have been replaced along with the brakes each time i've done a new set. I do this for my own sanity of having a safe car as possible, plus the other ones either burnt up or malfunctioned anyways. 2. Yes Drum...

If he did some damage i'll be sure to give him an ear full about it and possible get some free parts [that weren't needed probably]. We followed the pattern of the old shoes that came with the car and each side puts the Shoes that attach to the springs to the rear. When i looked at the rear...

Between me and my uncle, we pressed the brakes and felt the drum tighten up like no other. Once we got it off and back on it was like normal. Then pressure and drum wouldn't move. My uncle is guessing it's the line i believe he clamped it shut and unclamped it to come to that conclusion. We...

I have a 1973 Plymouth i'm currently turning into a Daily Driver once again. I've replaced the back brakes and one rear drum [in the process of ordering another drum]. My current issue is on the drivers rear side i my brakes are sticking, thus causing it to burn up the brakes and possibly the...

Do you think if i took pictures of my current dash setup you would have one that fits it? I'm not to sure but i think they modified more than a slot for the cd player when the previous owners had the car.

First off wanna apologize if this is the wrong section to post. My searcheck for a cigarette lighter and ashtray for my 1973 Plymouth Valiant have eluded me. Does anyone know where I can find a few of these?

Appreciate the tough love on this guys. I did check the springs and they were lose so the comment on heat doing that gives me insight atleast to why it happened. I didn't put the wrong size of brakes on. My family consists of mechanics and i'm still learning best i can to work on my car so...

Hey everyone, It's been awhile since i have posted on this site. I have a 1973 Plymouth Valiant Slant Six. Currently i'm running into trouble with the brakes on my rear driver side. The drum brakes were fine but needed replacing. So a year ago i replaced them with a set i got from Advanced...