| parrish | -- 03-04-2010 @ 9:16 AM |
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What are the biggest obstacles to converting 1936 mechanical brakes to hydraulic? I assume I would need: backing plates(what years would work?); pedal assembly(is 1939 unique?); drums(what years would work?) shoes and cylinders. Is the emergency brake a hard conversion? In short what is most likely (in terms of supply and price) combination to use? Thanks!
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| trjford8 | -- 03-04-2010 @ 8:41 PM |
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parrish, your best bet is to contact Richard Lacy at the Early V-8 Garage in LaVerne, California.Ph# 909-392-9761. He makes brackets, etc to use with your stock pedal assembly to convert to hydraulic brakes. He also will guide you through the process and will tell what you need for the conversion.You can use the backing plates from 39-48 and the drums from 37-39 to retain your stock wheels. Another source for brake information and parts is Dave Wilton in Paradise, California. ph#916-872-0122.
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| parrish | -- 03-05-2010 @ 8:50 AM |
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perfect! Thanks!
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| wmsteed | -- 03-05-2010 @ 9:04 AM |
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This topic comes up on a regular basis and like women, different people have different opinions. I am from the school of keep it cheep and simple, but make sure it works right. I have converted the brakes on several old Fords from mechanical to hydraulic. When I was young and less experienced, I like a lot of my friends thought any hydraulic brake setup was better than the best mechanical brakes ever made. In time I found that this is not necessarily true. In the following you will find an easy cost effective way to convert your brakes. Use '40-41 front spindles, 42-48 backing plates, wheel cylinders, etc. 37-39 drums if you want to keep the original '36 style wheels. A '39 peddle assembly. Bob Drake is now making the '39 peddle assembly's. A '37-39 hand brake or an after market "cane" type. The '39 peddle assembly will require the relocation of the battery on the '36 Fords which can be a good thing. If you are dealing with a coupe you can put the battery behind the seat, otherwise an Optima 6v can be mounted low on the right side of the engine. There are people that make an adapter to mount a master cylinder to the stock '36 peddle assembly, however, the modification hangs down below the frame and in my opinion looks out of place. The '39 peddle assembly bolts in with very little alteration to the frame, etc. The advantage of using the '40-41 spindles is it eliminates the mounting knuckle for the mechanical brakes and eliminates using a spacer ring to mount the hydraulic brake backing plates. You can keep your floor mounted hand brake if you like and use the frame cross shaft to adapt the hand brake cables too. I don't like the '39-41 brakes because they have fixed pivots that are hard to adjust to get the shoes properly centered. The 42-48 brakes don't have this problem. Adjusting the brakes only requires the turning of one adjuster. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe
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