Need part numbers for C15A brakes

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Dale Law

Hello Everyone,

There seems to be many debates on this topic. As some people are aware of my vehicles. Not only do I have a CMP, I also collect and restore antique cars. I overhauled the brake system on my 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner in 1986 and used Silicone Brake Fluid. I am in Regina, Sask where the weather only allows me to drive my car 6 months of the year. So far, I have put 75,000 miles on the car and have not had any problems of any sort. The key to using Silicone Brake fluid is that the system has to be free of any old brake fluid. If you are reusing any brake lines they need to be flushed out. If you are re-using cylinders or parts of, then these parts have to be cleaned as well including the cups.

I trust that this information will be helpful in answering questions about storage and reliability.

Regards,
Dale

Thanks Dale, you've convinced me that silicone is the way to go and now is the time with everything apart making flushing the lines easy. I assume simply blowing them out with compressed air should suffice? Derek.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Derek

According to everything I have read on many Forum..... the only way to use "silly-cone" is to start with a full fresh brand new system..... that implies brake line steel and rubber, cylinders... all five of them.... Dale is correct the time to try it out is when you are starting from the ground up.

How good will it be...... depends who you read ro talk to.... some say it is not worth the trouble and cost and that on the long run it si cheaper to use the standard Dot 3 or 5......

Note that a lot of modern vehicle..... Ford Lincoln and not Ford trucks have the silicone stuff......

I say with caution that I have read.... a lot.... but little experience.... I have done my system with army surplus silicone and so far ti seems to work fine........ but the truck has not yet been driven...... my practical experience is verty limited.......

Again from what I have read if you plan on using a mixture of old parts you need to flush the lines with alcohol..... methyl or ethyl I am not sure.... but not the drinking kind anyways...... you might want to do a search on the web...

Since you are doing a major brake job you might want to consider changing the lines....... that will be you weakest link........ all depends on the condition of the truck system..... the suckers can rust from the inside from water in the low bend areas. If you do not change the line you might want consider staying with regular Dot 3 / 4.

In all the years I have played with Dodge M37 and 43 we always had no brakes left after they sat for 3 or 4 Winter months..... we never changed the fluid..... we bleed until they worked again........ which probably amounted to the same thing.

Good luck and keep us posted of your decision/results.

[Bob Carriere]

Just to follow up on my previous shovelling ditty......

Grant and I.... well Grant anyways as I supervised..... removed about 4 + feet of hard pack snow from the roof of the equipment shed late this afternoon...... we expect some mild weather and rain..... if it soaked into the roof snow it might have collapsed..... 3 ladies were killed in a paper palnt yesterday near MOntreal when the roof caved in.

Anyways I don't know how many tons of snow Grant removed but before his deed was done I had to crawl on my knees to get inside the shed..... after he removed the snow the roof sprang back up and I could walk inside standing up!!!!!

BooBee

[Dale Law]

Hello Everyone,

After reading Bob's reply, I forgot to mention something. My car was not a ground up restoration, therefore the brake lines were left in the framework. I used Methyl Hydrate to flush the lines and then blew it out with compressed air.

On my F15a, I have only completed my front brakes and at the master cylinder, plugged the Y block for the rear and filled the system with the Silicone Brake Fluid. I will be completing the rear this summer.

Regards,
Dale

[sapper740]

My wheel cylinders finally arrived today and I was able to assemble the front brakes. I'm going to put doing the rears on hold for a couple of weeks as there are a couple of events I'm going to need my truck...that and not arousing any more suspicion from the Homeowner's Association. Derek.

[George McKenzie]

I have original civilon parts numbers for all the Ford cars and trucks from 1928 to 1942 .These are in two original Ford parts numbers manuals .The trouble is that you have to figure out whitch number to use as there is alot of them . There is some illistrations on each subject . EM me if you want any numbers or pictures George