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
Rear Brakes and Handbrake
Those who know my A will know that it had a pretty bad hydraulic brake conversion. I’ve been gathering parts to rectify the mess for quite a while, whilst the car is at Simon’s it’s an ideal opportunity to get… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
BRAKES, Ultimate Guide To Fitting ’39-’48 Hydraulic Brakes To Your ‘A’….
Another good juice brakes article
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 ›