As you may know the car came with a very poor quality hydraulic brake conversion, to rectify this I gathered the parts to convert the system to the superior 46-48 single adjuster system. I was however missing two grease boxes… Read More ›
Juice Brakes
The Front End!
Now the A is at Simon’s we began by removing the front axle to facilitate the replacement of : Front Spring King Pins Front Brakes & Backing Plates (From 37 -41 to 46-48) Re-engineer front hydraulic brakes (terrible job before… Read More ›
Spring is around the corner
The weather is getting more spring like by the day which means those of us with limited workshop space can start working on our jalopies. I’ve spun the coupe around so that I can remove and clean the sump out…. Read More ›
Update on Brakes !!
Good news on sorting my braking issues! The hydraulic brake conversion done previously is a bit of a mess as you will have seen from previous posts. The backing plates had not been reworked for the Model A and are… Read More ›
1940 Ford Juice Brakes on Model A Rear
Some answers to a few of my issues here 🙂
Update: Brakes, Shocks
I removed the from hubs and drums today to find that I have new front brake shoes and wheel cylinders. What’s not so good is that one of the new cylinders is leaking 🙁 Whilst I was carrying out the… Read More ›