Thread: Project Special K

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Steve

Those old cars had some nice woodwork. They were a product of a bygone era when that kind of beauty mattered. Keep up the good work.

I've always been fascinated by steam trains. Shoot I like steam engine powered anything! I guess I was born 100 years to late.

When I was a kid we took a trip out west and rode the Durango to Silverton narrow guage railroad in Colorado. 50 miles of beautiful mountain scenery and a coal fired steam train, what a great time! I hope to do it again someday.

Mike

Ok with the right side left side issues resolved, I was able to finally dry fit the master cylinder today and tighten up all of the loose nuts(no pun intended) on the assembly. Here are some shots. It's raining now, so lines will have to wait until tomorrow.
If you look carefully you can see the zero tolerance for space with this conversion kit and the truck with it's own set of modifications. It feels great to finally get this done(it's only taken 6 months!)

I'm starting to bend the new brake llines in place. I got these coated lines from the local parts place. They work great when it comes to bending. I would think they'd kink and split, but they are incredibly easy to route and bend. 90 degree bends are no problem! The guys at the store swear by them. They also come in lots of size combinations, so hopefully it will look pretty clean after I'm done.
I looked into a brake line kit to fab my own, but it's pretty pricy, and this won't be a show truck, and least not in it's first debut to open road life after being a parked project for a decade!

Brake lines are in. Had to cut a new hole in floor pan to acess master cylinder. The new lines worked well. All that is left is hooking up the old brake pedal to the new linkage, it was just getting too late to do it tonoght. I tried using a vacuum bleeder on the system, but it was not working, so once the brake pedal is hooked up I'll try pushing down on that to bleed the lines. I'm wondering it it has something to do with the proportioning valve?
Anyway here are some pics of the hole for the access and my faithfull companion.