Re: 1956 Clipper Deluxe

Posted by Brian Wilson On 2020/3/16 19:30:05

Great excitement today. The TreadleVac rebuild kit and new wheel cylinders arrived from Kanters.

Currently deciding how and when to tackle this. The car is going for its paintwork refurbishment in a few weeks. (The brakes are still working ok after topping up the fluid.) Think I'll do it then. Plan to remove the TreadleVac unit and do it as a bench job. Then get into the drums, wheel cylinders and shoes. There may be a slow fluid leak somewhere there. Will do the whole brake system and use silicone fluid from here on, as recommended by others and experienced by me on my 1941 120 Club Coupe.

Still looking at the possibility of adding a remote fluid reservoir for the TreadleVac. The master cylinder filler is so hard to get at that I guess it's gone more than ten years since last being checked.

I currently have the left side fresh air ducting (actually plastic water pipe) out. It makes very little difference to ventilation in the car. But this helps with access to the TreadleVac. There is a rubber-edged butterfly in the metal fresh air tube attached to the firewall, which operates from one of the fresh air levers on the dash. New corrugated duct material also on the way. The other (left) side has also been bodged, but is potentially more important because it delivers fresh air to the heater.

Brian