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Reply to "Leaking Caliper Piston"

FWIW on this rather old thread, Larry Stock or Pantera Parts Connection in Carson City, NV offers rebuilt stock front & rear calipers using reconditioned castings & pistons, along with new lines & other parts as needed. I think he also has OEM-type brake pads. OEM pads seem to be made of an extremely hard friction compound that lasts like iron but will not stop the car like your Porterfield R-4S pads. Being bonded linings, working too hard on removing leaked brake fluid may well also debond the glued-on friction linings from the steel backing plates. That will prove exciting in a panic stop when you really need them.

There are two different types of OEM pads, too; one has laterally drilled holes for wires used to detect badly worn pads by grounding the wire to the rotor, which turns on the red brake warning light on the dash. Our '72 L had such pads. Later OEM replacements do not have wires. If necessary for extreme show purposes, any pads can be drilled for fresh wires; originals had linen insulation typical of '50s english cars.
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