Recent content by Freoway

Thanks guys. All came off nice and easy and the button was as described too. As for fitting a helmet distributor - yep - that would be a nice original look, but I wanted to get the old girl up and running asap and someone had a 2-bolt crab dizzy ready to fit. Only issue that I can see now is...

Thanks Mart. That's a worry. Not sure what an extender button looks like. I have the Lucas out already. Will the button be sitting on the end of the camshaft or on the back of the dizzy? I presume it's obvious. Is it something that was fitted to all flatheads with two bolt distributors...

Hi. Have a '36 RHD coupe-ute (Canadian build) with a later 24 stud engine. For some reason it has a timing cover with a 3-bolt Lucas distributor. To fit the original type 2-bolt, I need to replace the timing cover, which I've found means I need to remove the crank pulley. It has the hand...

Sorry about the late reply. I'm still fighting with the brakes on this old girl. I had the front shoes relined and matched to the drums. I've put new wheel cylinders on the front as well, as one was leaking. I haven't inspected the rear drums as I'll need to apply heat to get them off, but...

I think I found a possible solution. Residual pressure valves. From an earlier post: Adding a dual master cylinder with adapter to my 40 Ford with stock drum brakes. Need to add 10lb. residual valve in the line....." I'll give that a go.

Hi folks, I have a factory '36 Ford roadster (RHD) which has had the brakes upgraded to the '39 to '42 variety some 30y ago. It also has a more modern PBR tandem master cylinder. I have replaced the flexible lines and front brake shoes. Wheel cylinders seem to work and aren't leaking. I have...

For those interested, my front shoes were glazed (no sign of wear). The brake specialist told me he reckoned they were at least 20 years old, so I'm having them redone and the brakes skimmed. Hopefully that should fix the problem.

Hi flatheadmurre. Thanks for your advice. The bore is 1" diameter, not sure what it's meant to be. The shoes do look glazed, so I'll deal with that first. Thanks, Lloyd

Sounds like I better check out the linings and replace them. I'm not sure how they age or deteriorate with time, although I understand that they can become glazed. Hopefully there's someone local here who can reline them. Thanks, Lloyd

Just got home. Thanks for all the quick and useful replies. It's strange that my front brakes don't have lower adjusters. I can see that they're available online. Sounds like I ought to check out my master cylinder too. I'd happily replace it with an original single pot master if that fixes...

I've got a '36 Ford roadster (factory RHD) that has a '39-42 juice brakes. This is the first car I've had with this setup. I've changed the front hoses, replaced the master cylinder (which is a later tandem PBR unit). Although the brake pedal is hard, the stopping power is lousy. The shoes...

I've got one like that, that I bought for another car and didn't use, so it's a good backup option. Cheers, Lloyd

Thanks for the handy images. I was going to wire it up myself rather than buy a kit as you're only paying for wiring, a flasher and a toggle switch. Cheers, Lloyd

That's a bit of lateral thinking. Depending on how well I can make the wiring inconspicuous, I might try that. Cheers, Lloyd

Yep. That's them. Just don't like the idea of those contraptions hanging off my steering column. Cheers, Lloyd