<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Start by rebuilding/replacing the rear brakes. May be as easy as cleaning up the wheel cylinders sanding the shoes and a good rubbing of the drums with steel wool. If they are pitted then ghey should be turned. I would take this opportunity to fully flush and refill the brake lines, I would recommend DOT 5.0 fluid. Then on to the front, pop the pistons out and polish them up with some 4-0 steel wool. <div><br></div><div>Hope this helps. </div><div><br></div><div>Bill B</div><div>TS30800L<br><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last night I saw upon the stair,<br>A little man who wasn't there,<br>He wasn't there again today<br>Oh, how I wish he'd go away.... Mearns</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jul 20, 2021, at 8:39 PM, Adrian Jones <adrianjones747@centurylink.net> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Well, I took everyone’s
good advice and it started up, no problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">So naturally I decided to go
for a test drive – the tow truck has just dropped the car off.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">After about a mile of
driving, it felt a bit sluggish so I pulled into a Garden Center and tried to
turn around. It stalled and it decided it didn’t want to go any
further. That’s when I called Hagerty for the tow truck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">I have a feeling the brakes
have rusted up and seized. I have to jack up the car and see which ones –
front or back. Which are more likely to seize? Probably the back
drums, right? Funny thing though – before I started walking back home, I
felt each wheel for heat – nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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