Chester Brzostowski Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 If you are interested in taking a peek click on the link below. http://www.chetscoins.com/1929/Work_Files/MasterCylinder11192006.htm Not a whole lot different then the P15 Master cylinder. The interesting thing is that Plymouth offered this in their first production run. For an inexpensive car this was pretty advanced technology. Chevrolet did not offer hydraulic brakes until 1936 and Ford not until 1939. Chet... Quote
Taylormade Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 Chet, That should unscrew. Mine was a bear to get off - and it hadn't been welded on! Can't imagine why someone would do that. You can have the cylinder resleeved and it will work great. Check your brake lines, I think mine were original and they were copper. I switched over to steel for safety. RT Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Posted November 20, 2006 Chet,That should unscrew. Mine was a bear to get off - and it hadn't been welded on! Can't imagine why someone would do that. You can have the cylinder resleeved and it will work great. Check your brake lines, I think mine were original and they were copper. I switched over to steel for safety. RT RT, You are right..., the lines are copper. I will switch them over to steel if that is a good idea. The point being is that they appear to be fine. No deterioration., they were also painted. Tks, Chet... Quote
Chester Brzostowski Posted November 20, 2006 Author Report Posted November 20, 2006 Chet' date='Actually the first year Ford had hydraulic brakes was 1938. My brother in law has a 36 Ford Coupe. He also use to have a 37 Ford 4 door slant back. Both had the old cable brakes. He then sold the 37 and bought a 38 Ford Coupe and it has the hydraulic brakes on it.[/quote'] Tks Norm..., I stand corrected. Chet... Quote
bob westphal Posted November 20, 2006 Report Posted November 20, 2006 This same master cylinder was used and is still used in many industrial applications such as fork lifts and etc. Quote
Ricky Luke Posted November 28, 2006 Report Posted November 28, 2006 My dad has a 29 tourer with a resleeved master cylinder and wheel cylinders. Cost a fortune and couldnt get the right covers. Went into a brake specialist in Ballarat (Vic, Australia) who handed him brand new complete cylinders for less than the reline. The other thing with the 29 is they had steel brake drums. Boy do they squeal! Quote
TodFitch Posted November 28, 2006 Report Posted November 28, 2006 RT,You are right..., the lines are copper. I will switch them over to steel if that is a good idea. The point being is that they appear to be fine. No deterioration., they were also painted. Tks, Chet... The original in that era were copper. They are probably fine to use as they aren't the soft copper seamed tubing you get in the hardware store nowadays. If you want to replace them and still maintain something of the copper appearance, you can get copper-nickel alloy tubing specifically designed and approved for brake lines. I ended up getting that for my 1933 (which originally had steel) because it is better for long term resistance to corrosion than steel tubing. It is harder to form the double flare in the copper-nickel material than with steel but other than that no problems. You should be able to find the copper-nickel alloy tubing at your local or regional brake specialty supply firm. Quote
Young Ed Posted November 28, 2006 Report Posted November 28, 2006 Chet you can try and find the tubing I used on my dakota. Napa had just recently got it in. Its PVC coated steel line. I redid the lines on the rear axle and it worked great. Its easy to bend as you go and it doesn't kink. Quote
Don Coatney Posted November 30, 2006 Report Posted November 30, 2006 If you are interested in taking a peek click on the link below.http://www.chetscoins.com/1929/Work_Files/MasterCylinder11192006.htm Not a whole lot different then the P15 Master cylinder. The interesting thing is that Plymouth offered this in their first production run. For an inexpensive car this was pretty advanced technology. Chevrolet did not offer hydraulic brakes until 1936 and Ford not until 1939. Chet... Chet; The internals on your master cylinder look very close to the internals if a P-15 master cylinder. What is the bore of your cylinder? I have a couple different sized master cylinders for P-15's. Quote
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