Fairchild Club Forum

'Jack, What I found was it fit's a 1964 Ford F-150 listed for Wagner Bendix Wheel Cylinder Repair Kit  MFG # 5355. We installed these seals in both of our Master Cylinders and they are working perfectly. We bought the kit at Advanced Auto Supply. These seals are larger than most of the later vehicle...

'I did not get back to my email  again until tonight. The responses you got from these other people are correct. We also are using the DOT 5 in our struts but 5606 Hydraulic Fluid would work fine. By keeping everything in the DOT 5 we do not have any miscommunication on what is used where. If you ne...

'You must have a different Master cylinder than what we have because ours uses a Ford F100 Wheel Cylinder Seal in it. We use DOT 5 Fluid as it will work both with our Master Cylinder Seal and the original Hayes Expander Tubes for the wheels with out reacting to both. DOT 5 is a Synthetic Fluid.  Mic...

'I am involved with the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum in Ankeny, Iowa. We are restoring a Pt19 to flying condition. We are currently working on the brake system and I read in the Maintenance Manual that you are suppose to use Mineral Oil or Lockhead Oil in the Brake system. I see that someone wrote ...