'59 Plymouth Forum

Update on my brake booster problem. We got a couple of clamps on the bellows and compressed them. Started the engine, exercised the pedal a few times and released the clamps. To our surprise the brakes now work correctly. Not sure what happened but with the brakes working as they should be I'm happy.

It is the rubber bellows type. They were new when the unit was rebuilt a few years ago and the car has had little use since, the old bellows had several cracks in it. I didn't notice any appreciable difference in how the motor ran with the brake pedal depressed. We're going to detach the linkage to ...

Further update. I've been to the garage this morning to take a look at what's happening. If I depress the pedal slowly it doesn't vibrate but offers no assistance. With the vacuum flattened, brake pedal pressed and then start the engine, the bellows compress and starts to vibrate once it's reached t...

I have a problem with the bellows vibrating. It doesn't appear to be given any assistance to the braking. The unit was rebuilt some years ago by a professional brake specialist, it was bench tested and appeared to work fine. The vacuum is holding up well with no apparent leaks. The brakes have been ...

I far as I'm aware it's a 20 gallon tank on the car and 22 gallon for the Suburban. These repro tanks are 22 gallon but once fitted don't look much different to the factory fitted. Using a bitumen based material for the pad shouldn't give any issues as it's impervious to water and it seals to the co...

The pad is of the type used for sound deadening ( inside door skins etc ) They appear to be made of a bitumen type material and adhesive on one side. They are heated a little when fitting so they adopt the contours of whatever you are sticking them to. I seem to remember there was something similar ...

Dennis Photo's as promised. They aren't great and excuse the background material. Tank was galvanised but we decided to paint it with underseal to protect against the UK weather. Also added a pad to the top of the tank to stop any vibration.

Beautiful interior - am I allowed to be envious ?

Hi Dennis I bought one of these tanks along with the bigger straps and had it shipped to the UK. I didn't fit the tank myself but the mechanics that did the work didn't have any issues with the fitting. If you can wait a couple more days I'll take some photo's . I also bought the sender unit for the...

All I can say Roger is don't give up. I've received lots of good advice since joining the Forum.
Grateful as ever from across the pond. Guy

Lee It looks like the car that was rebuilt just over the river from me. (Hull area) If it is then there are some photo's on the site taken during it's rebuild. (Look at posts from "Matty") There's also a clip on You Tube showing work done to underside. It looks really well in the photo, I ...

Hello Lee Nice to see someone else from the UK on the site. Lots of friendly help and advice, can't recommend it enough.

Whereabouts in the UK are you ? Cheers Guy

Thanks for the confirmation Roger, I can rest easy on that one. This particular list of jobs is about complete , I'll get some pictures of the finished article and share them with the forum. Regards

I've had some of the front wiring harness replaced due to brittle insulation. I notice that the front sidelights switch off when I go to the main lamps. Is this correct ? The direction indicators work okay. It's been some time since the car was running and my memory has failed me. Thanks in advance ...

Can anybody recommend fluids or modern equivalent specifications for the Torqueflite transmission and power steering ? Many thanks in advance Guy