C.Crouse

Nice! I have worked with alot of Ambrose students here at JD Davenport works, I actually live pretty close to Ambrose.

May have just figured out, power brakes do not have a return spring?

Wanted to add this, found it under the seat.

See, learning already, Thanks!

Yeah that was the point, I don't do body work! (Mechanical and especially electrical is my thing)Had to find one that wasn't rotten, that being said it has rust around the vinyl top, and the normal rot under the window and into the trunk, already have a guy lined up for spring, me and my son are going to strip the car, and pull the engine and trans and start rebuilding those over the winter.

So a couple months back me and my son purchased this Monte and it has been an adventure in reworking someone elses poor choices and bad habits. So brakes, had a siezed caliper, bad brake hoses. Got those replaced, also noted the master appeared to be leaking through the cap, cleaned all that up and bled the system, should be all good. Well we drove the car and the brake performance was not good. So later I decide to rebleed the brakes. Upon opening the master cylinder It appeared the fluid hod dropped but there was no leaks, other then the cap seal. At this point I assumed the MC was leaking back in the brake booster. So I ordered a new booster and MC. When I went to take it all apart I discovered that the pushrod in the booster was missing, and that the plastic retainer was what was pushing the MC (Yikes.) After looking at the brake pedal and the crazy differences in the clevis rod length (the bad booster was waaaay shorter and they just set the pedal farther back) and the way the brake pedal was set I decided they had adapted (poorly) a booster from something else in this car and it was far from correct. So anyway on my way to putting it back together correctly I realized there was no return spring on the brake pedal arm, no bump stop, and they had drilled a screw with a ground wire directly into the center of the pedal bracket. What I need is maybe some pictures of someone else factory brake pedal setup, like where the stop mounts, how the spring mounts, normal resting position etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone to start, just signed up but def been lurking the boards for a few months. Where to start, how about a novel. Newish owner of an old first gen Monte (1971), recently my son had shown alot more interest in classic cars then was normal and I got it in my head that we should do a project car, this was something I had did myself 29 years ago. (1971 Malibu, I was 18. Sold it, yes I am dumb.) Anyway, I ask the wife expecting to get a lecture on priorities with our money and she says go for it, you do you, HELL YEAH. So after picking my jaw up from the ground, I get to looking, I had already been looking at cars for a few months. Now admittedly I was an A body guy and I did start out looking at Chevelles, El Camino, Cutlass, GTOs and the like, realizing that market is crazy I expanded my search, me and my son (11 year old) kept coming back to looking at first gen Montes and I finally decided this is what we need to look for. Not sure if its age or what but the G body was really growing on me and he absolutely loved it. So we eventually found one we liked, solid frame, barely any body filler. It was far from perfect but it appeared to have good bones and the price was right, It wouldn't start but I had looked at some rotten cars before this, and we pulled the trigger I didnt want to miss out on a solid car, grabbed my buddy with a trailer and brought it home. Fast forward 3 months or so, we love this car but it has been a trial. I cant remember the last time Ive seen so many things in a car done wrong, every repair attempt exposes some hackjob or half attempt at a repair. Which is why Im here, this is gonna be a long road. I don't imagine too much is original on this car, and it will probably never be but its ours. Now Im off to the brake forum, discovered another hackjob and need advice. (10 foot paint job, they sprayed over cracked lacquer)