Coronet1950 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Okay so I do have a 1950 coronet that I am currently building. I have a 318 that is going in it. I also have a 1960 willy's cj5 salvage car that I am currently working on the frame to accept a suicide front end. (t bucket style) I am putting the 230 flathead in jeep. I have a tk5 that is going to go behind the engine. The jeep did not have any pedals so I am going to find some that fit up to the firewall. My question is....Has anyone made their tk5 conversion a hydraulic setup? like a external slave cylinder to the fork? I want to keep my flatty I love it. It just doesn't suit my goals for the coronet. I would look just down right nasty exposed in a jeep rat rod though. Any info would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpollo Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 depending on what you want or need for brakes, you might consider the double cylinder with single reservoir that operated both clutch and brake in the early 60s Chev truck. From a modern safety perspective it does not have much to offer though. The slave cylinder from this set up would operate the clutch really well. Can't fault your choice of engine.... it is fun to be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronet1950 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 For right now I am just going to use the drums already on the dana 25 for the front and the drums for the ford 9 inch in back. This is going to be the definition of a true rat rod I only have about 100 bucks in this thing. I'll have to check it out. Is this what you are talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpollo Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 That certainly looks like it, and it should operate the brakes you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Horne Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 On my TK5 install, I used my original Plymouth pedals/clutch fork, etc., I could have used the Ranger pedals, slave cylinder, master cylinder, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronet1950 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I might be using the ranger pedals after all. Isn't the slave cylinder inside the bellhousing on tk5? mine is. I didn't think you could use that on a 230 swap? I don't know I am still learning about everything I need for the conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 As long as as your'e going hydraulic....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coronet1950 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Okay maybe I am just confused a little bit. so for the tk5 conversion you use the 230 bellhousing, the flywheel, the pressure plate, the disk from the ranger and the throw out bearing/ slave cylinder from the ranger as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 All I was saying is that you can get rid of all your linkages.....fork, zbar, etc by installing a hyd throw out bearing instead of a slave cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Horne Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Okay maybe I am just confused a little bit. so for the tk5 conversion you use the 230 bellhousing, the flywheel, the pressure plate, the disk from the ranger and the throw out bearing/ slave cylinder from the ranger as well? I used my 37 or 38 bellhousing/flywheel/pressure plate/throwout bearing. I used a Ranger disk. My pedal pressure seems soft to me, with the 38 pressure plate, probably needs new springs, but it is working good, no slipping... Instead of using the Plymouth/Dodge throwout bearing, you could used the Ranger setup. This would be a better setup, if using a strong pressure plate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Horne Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Here is a photo of the Ranger setup. This photo may be of a newer type, but about the same.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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