Re: [Amc-list] Brake rebuild kit for 1965 American 330 Sedan?

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

-- Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey all - I picked up a '65 Rambler American 330 four door sedan, and need
> to sort out the brakes fairly quick!

Yo, what Joe said on motor ID.

Brake parts, I did a lot of research on this and have made a tentative 
table that I am 90% of the way into a website queryable database (time, 
time, ...). THe dim-witted table is here

<http://wps.com/AMC/AMC-brakes.html>

The good news for you is, all your parts are still available.

To use the table, your car's on the right (65, 01), look at the row ith 
your motor (195.6), the specs are in blue (from TSMs), the codes in red 
refer to part number data.

For part numbers, go to the end of the long page. The codes show up there 
with NAPA etc part numbers and some dimension data (that's a double-check).


Personally, unless you know it's repair history, if it's got rust in the 
lines I'd change all the parts. Lines rust out from inside when fluid isn't 
changed at least occasionally, and can fail catastrophically when you SLAM 
the brakes in a close call. Often though they start to leak in crazy places 
first. If you have a brakeline leak REPLACE THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY. They're 
cheap!

Unless you're restoring, you can do what I do, which is to buy a bunch of 
pre-bent lines from NAPA and couplers and simply hand-bend them. If you 
ruin one it's not expensive enough to worry about, use another. I have a 
double-flaring tool ($40 to $300, I've got a cheap one as I don't use it 
often) or you can use mostly bought lengths and do creating bending to hide 
a couple extra inches.

Nothing nicer than having perfect brakes on an old car, and other than new 
drums, not even expensive.

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