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MikeyMan · 03-30-2012, 05:09 AM

I'd have blowouts in the rear brakeline on my first ever vehicle, a 69 C/10. Bad feeling when that pedal goes to the floor. Was always repairing the brakes for inspection time.

I carried a plug and would pull the rear brake line from the master cylinder and screw in the plug to keep pedal pressure. Front brakes only = great burnouts!

Had a brake line blowout in a 74 Malibu, took some pliers and crimpped off the bad line.

Brake line blowout in my 71 C/10 just a few years ago. Drove it 20 miles home from Chicago on the Dan Ryan Expressway in stop and go traffic, using the parking brake, down shifting (3-speed) and killing the ignition in gear. Man, I was busy behind the wheel.

03-30-2012, 05:09 AM	#22
MikeyMan Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.W. Chicago, IL. Posts: 317	Re: Craziest thing you've done to "just get home" I'd have blowouts in the rear brakeline on my first ever vehicle, a 69 C/10. Bad feeling when that pedal goes to the floor. Was always repairing the brakes for inspection time. I carried a plug and would pull the rear brake line from the master cylinder and screw in the plug to keep pedal pressure. Front brakes only = great burnouts! Had a brake line blowout in a 74 Malibu, took some pliers and crimpped off the bad line. Brake line blowout in my 71 C/10 just a few years ago. Drove it 20 miles home from Chicago on the Dan Ryan Expressway in stop and go traffic, using the parking brake, down shifting (3-speed) and killing the ignition in gear. Man, I was busy behind the wheel.