Hydraulic brakes have been around for nearly a century, and though many manufacturers were using this system by the 1920s, Ford for instance, waited until 1939 to introduce four-wheel hydraulic brakes ...

Almost all vehicles manufactured before 1967 had braking systems with a single reservoir master cylinder, including ’64½-’66 Mustangs. This created a safety concern because if you lost brake fluid at ...

Brake fluid is stored in the master cylinder. When you step on the brake pedal, fluid goes from the master cylinder into the brake lines; when you release the pedal, the fluid flows back into the ...

Q:I was hoping to get some advice. Thirty years ago I started to replace leaking brake calipers with ones that had been reworked with stainless steel inserts. Due to a job relocation and family duties ...

In last month's issue (Apr. '18) we set about converting our 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon from early Camaro disc brakes to modern, aluminum four-piston disc brakes from Wilwood Engineering. The conversion ...

-Master Cylinder Function The hydraulic brake system is a closed hydraulic system. This means that the entire system must be full of fluid at all times. The fluid reservoir is often combined with the ...