Witchboard
Well-Known Member
Hello all. I'm new to the forum. My son purchased himself a 1964 Barracuda. It runs, but had to tow it home as the brakes don't work. I popped the top off the master cylinder and was greeted with chocolate milk. Delicious!
We were looking at cleaning up the system, so I thought I would rebuild the master cylinder and replace all the wheel cylinders, etc. I presumed it was all 9" drum brakes and ordered a bunch of parts so they would be here by the weekend, but lo and behold, once I got it up on jack stands and took the wheels off, the rear are 10" drums and the fronts are disc brakes. Basically nothing I bought will work, so they'll be getting returned. Nothing like losing some money in return shipping to teach me a lesson.
I based my purchases off the 1964 Valiant service technical manual, so now I'm not sure if the car's brakes were modified, if these were optional on this model or if I have the wrong manual. It's a late 64 since it has the barracuda rather than the valiant tag on the back.
Can anybody glean anything off the pics that could point me in the right direction?
We were looking at cleaning up the system, so I thought I would rebuild the master cylinder and replace all the wheel cylinders, etc. I presumed it was all 9" drum brakes and ordered a bunch of parts so they would be here by the weekend, but lo and behold, once I got it up on jack stands and took the wheels off, the rear are 10" drums and the fronts are disc brakes. Basically nothing I bought will work, so they'll be getting returned. Nothing like losing some money in return shipping to teach me a lesson.
I based my purchases off the 1964 Valiant service technical manual, so now I'm not sure if the car's brakes were modified, if these were optional on this model or if I have the wrong manual. It's a late 64 since it has the barracuda rather than the valiant tag on the back.
Can anybody glean anything off the pics that could point me in the right direction?