Re: Hydraulic Brakes

Posted by Hugh Smith on March 03, 1998 at 09:29:53

In Reply to: Re: Hydraulic Brakes
posted by Bob Carabbio on March 02, 1998 at 23:40:28

Bob,
Thanks for your input..It helps in my decisions to purchase the car.I hope I can find used drums in good shape at a swap meet for alot less than 90.00 per.
Again thanks for being a Model A chatter
Hugh Smith
: Seems like there a brisk business in changing brakes.Half of the Model "A" community (myself included) is converting to Hydraulics, and the other half is converting back to original.
: Assuming that you have nothing of the mechanical system but the pedal, the serious cost item will be the drums.
: Backing plates, linkages, actuating components, and the like are a dime a dozen in mediocre but restorable shape at swap meets. Good drums are hard to find (and were never that good to begin with). I've got about 75% of a mechanical system myself that I'm not planning on using.
: Plasmeter drums less hubs are $90+ bucks each so there's about $400 just for starters if you go that way. Add another $75-$100 for core parts and around $100-200 for replacement stuff, and you could spend $750 easy. If you hire sombody to do the work it could really get expensive.
: OR
: you could stumble into a complete setup for $100 with useable drums from somebody that's going the other way.Go Figure.
: I ran into a guy at the Pate Swap meet in '96 with a Full set of hydraulics including drums, hubs, emergency brake stuff, plumbing and master cylinder for $70. It was already sold, though, so I wound up with a set of fronts complete and rear backing plates for about $80.
: I ran into a guy at the Decatur, TX swap meet last week that was selling 4 late '31 shocks WITH ARMS!! in GOOD condition - (not rusty, tight shaft bushings) - $75 for the set.I'm still kicking myself that I didn't bring more cash-
: Bob Carabbio

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