Spongy Mechanical Brakes

[grapp]

As stated above, two things to really keep an eye on, first have someone step on the brakes while you really check to see if the brake rods flex or are bent, after all they are very old.... The second it what bill said, try manually adjusting them. as a side note, did you cut the drums, or measure them? are they in spec? And lastly new pads sometimes need to seat, so it may be that they just need to be driven, sometimes a quick sand paper rub across them speeds that up....