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A friend helped me diagnose a misfire at cylinder six. Turned out to be a bad terminal plate in the Lincoln distributor. Fortunately, my local...
Much nicer. I think I will be making a new master cylinder bracket. Thank you for the photos. Also, where did you source that fitting and hose...
[ATTACH] @Mart O.K, I think I understand. Something like this will make me much happier and I still maintain my leverage ratio high.
Do you have any photos of your master cylinder set up? Does anyone have photos of a master cylinder mounted hi against the crossmember? Thanks!
I have one jam nut on the rear lug. I’ll put another set on the inside stud - that is a good idea. No lathe, but that is exactly what I wanted...
Looks like something I would have done if I were broken down in a parking lot.
[ATTACH] Bleed master cylinder: done
Very true, I was concerned about that so I offset the pivot below the pedal to be as close as possible to the pedal assembly pivot. I’m hoping it...
Torched the brake arm to the left to clear the motor. Torched the clutch arm to the left for a little more toe-room along the steering column....
Adjustable pedal rod to master Cylinder with high offset pivot: DONE Not too pretty but should do the trick safely. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I fashioned some lugnuts together with a threaded rod and some tabs that I made. [ATTACH]
Master cylinder to pedal. [ATTACH] I cut off the end of the a actuating rod that came with the ‘68 mustang replacement master. [ATTACH] And...
Brake lines: done (still need clamps) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Finally started on brake lines today. I’ll be adding clamps once everything is connected. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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There are traces of the previous maroon color under the primer. And beneath that, I am certain is the original ford black. I’ll experiment later...
I drove it 60’ feet to the front of my house. (Still needs brake lines) [ATTACH]
Yes, the kit came with new levers. But the pump was a very old nos unit still in box. I only replaced the large diaphragm, and both valves... it...
Tried to fire up the car with no luck this morning. Had I made a mistake? Impossible. No fuel to the carbs; bad nos fuel pump? Maybe. I...
I’ve been having trouble with these two stromberg 81 carburetors ever since their rebuild. I elected to install the check ball style valve to...
A fresh new tank is on the wish list for sure!
[ATTACH] I thought I found and patched all the pinholes but it looks like I still had a leak on this corner. Jacked the car on one side to shift...
This was my understanding.
I had no idea.. how can you tell?
[ATTACH] Mock up. Going to retrofit these old seat springs I bought from a friend last year. Not sure what car they were pulled from, but they...
[ATTACH] Connected the emergency brake using all thread and some jamming nuts.
Some progress on that cover also. [ATTACH]
And done. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Found an odd piece of steel channel in my garage so I tried to use it for the master cylinder bracket. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks!
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