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I went to SoCal Friday to get a new master. They had both types - the one with the deep recess in the piston and the one with the shallow recess. It really helped to see them both side by side. They also had the "sleeve" to take up the space in the deep recess so it can be used with a booster...

I did check that today. But it seems to me that the master is not activating. It's worth checking again and then checking with the pedal depressed. Maybe I don't have enough travel? Thanks for the input.

Brakes It runs! But I can't drive it until it has brakes. So, I decided to start from scratch. I removed the master cylinder and bench bled it. Then plugged all the ports to check for internal leaks. It checked out OK, so the master is good. I also checked the push rod from the booster and it...

Great improvement over the '52 dash. [cl

Stance, tires, and wheels look great. How's it ride? Is there an improvement over the leaf springs?

Yeah, getting it started is huge. My booster and master combo came from Speedway - about 18 months ago. I had a flakey hook-up to the intake. Got that changed and the booster feels like it is working. It dropped back to idle a little quicker, as well (don't know if a vacuum leak is...

It runs I had the crank and cam sensors swapped. In the process of changing them I had a few other related problems, but once I got them ironed out it started. Have oil pressure on the gauge, charging voltage on the gauge, tach works. Not sure about temperature gauge - didn't run it that...

Nice to have you back.

The no fuel pressure problem turned out to be the gauge (free rental). I had enough pressure for it to spray onto the engine and firewall. A few years ago I managed to catch my El Camino on fire when I hit the ignition after I had spilled some fuel on the engine. Didn't want to do that to the...

I have 4 wheel discs and firewall master with a prop valve. All the brake parts are GM including the "Corvette" master. But, thanks for the input. I was not sure about the firm pedal, confirmation helps. It has occurred to me that the master my have gone belly up from sitting so long without...

The brakes have me stumped, maybe someone will have some advise. The pedal goes to the floor, but will pump up with a few cycles. I have vacuum and pressure bled all the calipers and am not getting any air bubbles. I vacuum bled the master a couple times getting nothing but fluid. The result...

Good that you got yours to show some life. At this point mine is a puzzle that I'm OK with figuring out. I wasn't really expecting it to start and run without some issues.

Went for the first fire up today. Hot wired the fuel pump to get manifold pressure. After running the fuel pump for about a minute, I discovered one of the fittings was not tight and I had pumped a significant amount of fuel out on the ground. So I know the fuel pump works and that the...

Nice look on the dash. Since the gauges are electronic there are probably several simple ways to make the oil pressure and temperature needles move when the switch comes on. It might get a few chuckles to see the temp at 220 and the oil at 80#.

Working through the pre-start checklist, I'm short a fuel filter. It and the necessary AN fittings will be here tomorrow. I still am not satisfied with the brakes. It takes a few pumps to get pedal. I have been rolling around underneath looking for any weeping fittings or any other sign of a...

Here's the new clutch pedal assembly. I am pretty sure I posted this before, but I can't find it on this thread, so maybe it got on your thread or maybe I forgot to hit submit. Anyhow, I used the Wilwood pedal assembly dimensions and built a bracket and arm. The arm started as 3/8 x 1 1/2. I...

It's amazing how many wires it takes for something without a lot of power accessories. Nice braided wire loom. It will be interesting to see how those tail lights get incorporated. Swapping out the old bulbs for LEDs gets them a lot brighter.

Looks great, no matter what. Any news on the doa engine?

Good to see you back, we missed you. Cool tires what brand are they? Parallel is what I know. 3-4 degrees max doesn't matter up and down or side to side - I think. Hopefully someone has a good answer.

I bet the balancing fixes it, but if it doesn't, changing the toe might (I forgot if you already did that). Most vehicles get set up at toe in, but sometimes going toe out 1/8" will stabilize it. I remember being impressed with the set-up you had for building the wheels. It was probably...