Thread: 39 Ford (Coast to Coast) Rebuild

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This is a mixed comment. During my 7-9 year build of a fiberglass roadster I subscribed to Street Rodder magazine primarily for all the latest advertisements. Some marketing group kept upping my subscription so at one point I was subscribed 8 years into the future. Most of the builds in the magazine are hi-buck beyond me but are close to what you are working on. Now that my car is finally on the road I am letting my subscription lapse and yes I paid a pro to go over all the minor problems in my build which was not cheap and became a project in rebuilding my car his way. Even so I finally got "my" car out of his garage and managed to pay the bill with appreciation for fixing my car to meet Va State Inspection. This message is to suggest that you can probably find all the parts you need in Street Rodder advertisements, a Speedway catalog and a JEGS catalog. Yes there is a LOT of help and expertise on this Forum and by the way Ford built "Standard" models based on the previous years "Deluxe" model. The most obvious example is the 1940 Standard based on the 1939 Deluxe with the 1940 Deluxe differing in the grill area.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Nice parts pile you have going there. I was thinking this morning as I turned my shop lights on and they were flickering due to the no heat situation, that it's time to dig my salamanders out. Even though I hate to.

Ahhh, to leave the heat on. That would be nice, but I'm not out here enough. My wife just came out and turned it on, so it must be getting cold in here, LOL.

I've placed 2 orders so far with different people. For the common stuff, I'm going with a big box store. I just ordered the brakes through a smaller outfit. I was supprised their price was a little better. Plus talking to them on Thurs, they bent over backwards to get me what I wanted. And after all of that work, I'm going to go with a off the shelf kit for the rear. (sorry to whoever I kept on the phone for over a half hour) The front will have a Dynapro 6 piston kit, and the rear will have a Dynalite 4 piston kit. Both 12" The rear will have the parking brake kit installed after I discovered a parking brake handle burried under the seatbelts. I figured since it is already in the car, I might as well use it. Does anyone know who made this handle? I still need all olf the cables and hardware. I know it's hard to tell, but any help would be great. (I've been searching tons of pictures trying to figure this out)

Well the seals I ordered for the axles are too small. It's hard to measure when you don't have any seals to measure, but I know what I need now. I still can't believe they assembled this rear axle without any axle seals. I'll order the correct ones tomorrow.

Hard to be sure on that brake handle with the upholstered cover in place, but it looks a lot like my LOKAR e-brake. They make a super cable kit for the Ford 9" Explorer type e-brake - Lokar: Floor Mount Emergency Hand Brake for the handle, and Lokar: Universal Emergency Brake Cables for the universal cables.

Originally Posted by rspears

Hard to be sure on that brake handle with the upholstered cover in place, but it looks a lot like my LOKAR e-brake. They make a super cable kit for the Ford 9" Explorer type e-brake - Lokar: Floor Mount Emergency Hand Brake for the handle, and Lokar: Universal Emergency Brake Cables for the universal cables.

Yep, Roger, that's it. I have one also - except with the black cover. The shape of the button and even the stitching pattern is the same as mine. I just went and looked. It is an excellent e-brake for the Explorer disks.

Thanks guys for the info. I'll have to wait for the rear brake kit to come to see what I have to do with the cables. From the pictures I have, the Explorer cables might work. That would make it easy. Thanks again,

Justin

Well the brake kits arrived, I'll start installing them tomorrow.

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Quality stuff you got there! Should be a first rate set of stoppers!

It's sad to see someone buy "...a pig in a poke" and get burned, but it's gratifying to see that he knows enough to understand that it's got to be fixed right, and it looks like he's found the right guy to fix it! Looking forward to seeing the installments on making it right.

Your brakes are the same as I'm using on my '37 Oze build. Installation is not difficult, with the good instructions. I have the Explorer cable kit for my Lokar E-brake lever.

Look here for a cool E-brake solution. The device pulls with about 600 lbs of force. The unit mounts to a frame rail under the car and can be adapted to most ebrake cables including Lokar. HR&CS sells quite a few of these and have them in their booth at shows.
hotrodscustomstuff.com | HR&CS Announces E-Stopp
The device also makes a neat anti-theft device, set the ebrake and cut the power via a hidden switch....with the back brakes locked, it is harder to roll the car into a trailer.

Alright. Now that I'm done with travel for work and the Holidays are over, it's time to get back out in the garage. The last thing I did was install the axle seals (into the housing) and bearings on the axles. I noticed when I pressed the retaining rings for the bearings onto the axles, it was twice the thickness of the original. I didn't think too much about it until I tried to mount the axle to the housing. It seems because of the extra material, it rubs on the seal now. I know these bearings are meant to not use the original seal, but I have always ran them just to make sure. I think at this point I think I have to remove the seals in the housing and take the chance. Have any of you ran into this?

In the pictures you can see the witness marks of the ring rubbing on the seal.

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Originally Posted by daveS53

Your brakes are the same as I'm using on my '37 Oze build. Installation is not difficult, with the good instructions. I have the Explorer cable kit for my Lokar E-brake lever.

It's great to know that the Explorer cable kit will work with these brakes. I was hoping they would, but its good to know for sure. Thanks!

Justin

Yup, fairly common with aftermarket axles.... The O-ring will do a good job, just a light coat of grease before the install....