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Thankyou,
I now have to go away to Brisbane for two weeks for work,  :P but I will get onto this as soon as I get back.  :)
Thanks for your help.
Linda Jay

Hello, Mostly this is an introduction or re-introduction to me and my 1959 FC Wagon. I used to be a member in NSW and I am about to join VIC.
My wagon looks authentic on the outside, but is has had sone modifications. It has a 179 motor, and HR front and rear end with booster brakes.
I mostly want to improve this cars authenticity, but I am happy to keep these modifications as that is what I have and it works.
My car was my daily driver, but when I bought the farm & started putting bales of hay in the back I decided to rest her up and buy a ute.
The only trouble is, that she now has been somewhat neglected as her maintenance has not been a priority.
This upsets me muchly, so as of this week I have decided to turn this around.
I have charged her up and started her up, and she still goes fine (of course)
The other reason I stopped driving her was that the brakes weren't working, which I suspect is just a leaking line somewhere.
I thought I fixed them once, I pulled them apart, cleaned them up, bled the system, and it worked, but by the time I got out the driveway they stopped working again.
I made it back into the shed, where , over time, the rest of the fluid has gradually disappeared.
The trouble is, she has been sitting with no brake fluid in her for about a year.
I was thinking of just putting fresh fluid in, bleed it and then see where it leaks?
Would I be better off to pull the brakes apart and clean them up, put them back together, then bleed it.
Or should the system have a brake flush put through it?
I would prefer to fix the problem here rather than tow it anywhere. I am on a budget and live a fair way out.
I will have many more questions in the future, but I thought I would start with stopping. :-)
Thankyou