Originally Posted by ArtDecoWorld
Originally Posted by Jarlaxle
Originally Posted by ArtDecoWorld
Originally Posted by Chris142
I do not know how to tell if it is a 170,198 or 225. Lose the single piston master cyl asap.
Is it a safety issue?
Yes, an extreme one! Any leak at all and YOU HAVE NO BRAKES!
You need the April 2004 issue of Mopar Action magazine to do this. Article is "Dual-ing Brakes".
Also, be aware: base A/bodies had 9" drum brakes. (Yours may have 10" drums, being a reasonably high-option car.) Check the ball joints carefully, because they can fail! Disc swap is not especially difficult, and the time to do it is when you are pitching the single-bowl master cylinder.
Do exactly what Rick Ehrenberg says and you will never go wrong.
Thanks for this, looking into it.
BTW, while it may not be true of the 62, the 63 Valiant I discovered used 4 leaf springs with the 170 and 5 with the 225. I had assumed my Signet came with the 225 since it was the "top of the line", so when I replaced the engine with a rebuilt one that's what went in it.
It was only many years later the information about the rear springs came up.
I guess it's consistent with the total lack of options that were on my car:[ radio, heater and probably white walls ] that it would have had the 170. Wish I'd known then, I would have kept the 170.
Your car is fantastic. So baroque and unmistakable for what they are. The early ones used to be called Road Toads, at least the Valiant version was.