Monday, March 18, 2024

1985 Cushman Truckster New Brake Master Cylinder

I bought this Cushman May of 2022 and it has had a brake master cylinder leak for who-knows-how-long, certainly years before I got it. I figured it was time to fix it. Needing to move the beast to the garage, the engine did not want to start. I cleaned the points. I checked the spark at a plug wire. I made sure the fuel pump was pumping. I cleaned the points again. I bypassed the coil resistor. I checked for voltage to the coils. I put in more gas. I checked the points again, and yep, still a spark. Then out of the blue, the thing started up. Who knows what the problem was. But during that time of troubleshooting, I had to push the Cush out of its hole in the shed, and in doing so, I noticed one of the dump bed hinges seemed a bit off. Ok, add that to the list of things to do today. Once I got the engine running, I drove to the front of the garage and lifted the dump bed. Yep, that is a broken hinge.