1953 cadillac help

[53caddy]

alright thats how i came up with my name. but i have a stupid question that one of you "old geezers" might help me with. I have a 1953 cadillac. I can find the brake fluid resovor(sp?) on it. Any ideas would be helpful.

 

[GB1]

Hmmm old geezers, I resemble that, and would trace a line back.

 

[53caddy]

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Hmmm old geezers, I resemble that, and would trace a line back.

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Tried that but lost the line

 

[kennypinkerton]

Looked under the car at the same point where the pedal exits? probably bolted to the frame in that general area..... These kind are rebuildable. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Any pics of the car?

 

[tony barnhill]

Under drivers floorboard?

 

[53caddy]

ok i will look in both of those areas. yes i do have a picture of it somewhere but not the engine bay.

 

[Sherlock]

Hey 53caddy...

Seeing your signature reminds me of this picture I took last fall:

And yes... They both belong to the same person

 

[tony barnhill]

He can almost put the TD in the hearse!

There's a guy here in town who took an old herse & cut the roof off - he transports his Harley in the back where the casket was!

 

[53caddy]

Well that almost describes me perfectly.

 

[kennypinkerton]

You find the brake reservior yet?

 

[53caddy]

Nope still looking

 

[ChrisS]

I called these guys https://www.allcads.com/index.html and they said it is on the left side under the firewall; it's "hidden" as he put it.

 

[53caddy]

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I called these guys https://www.allcads.com/index.html and they said it is on the left side under the firewall; it's "hidden" as he put it.

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Thanks. You see what i was talking about

 

[tony barnhill]

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it is on the left side under the firewall

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So, is that "under the floorboard"?

 

[53caddy]

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it is on the left side under the firewall

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So, is that "under the floorboard"?

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i will let u know tommrow

 

[53caddy]

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I called these guys https://www.allcads.com/index.html and they said it is on the left side under the firewall; it's "hidden" as he put it.

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what does he mean left side and where he meant hidden been looking. i just had to come back from flordia family emergency

 

[coldplugs]

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what does he mean left side and where he meant hidden been looking. i just had to come back from flordia family emergency

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He meant left (driver's) side, under the car. You'll need to jack it up and look underneath approximately under the brake pedal. That's where it lives. If you don't see it there immediately then find a brake line in that area and follow it. (If it goes to a wheel, turn around and follow it in the other direction.)

 

[kennypinkerton]

In my original suggestion of this particular area... I was going on my experience with restoring a 1946 Willys Jeep... On it, the brake master cylinder was a brick shaped metal box with rounded corners and a pipe-fitting-threaded-cap that screwed INTO the top of the thing. It had a large square wrench fitting (picture a pvc pipe screw in endcap) on the reservior.

It was mounted just under the edge of the firewall (actually UNDER the body tub) - to the inside of the frame (inside the c-channel).

I had the good fortune to do all the brake line replacement work, and master cylinder rebuild (and engine and transmission) with the body tub not on the frame... Things are a lot more visible in those circumstances...

But, if I was having a hard time seeing it from under a complete car... I'd have someone press the brake pedal several times while I was looking at, and following the mechanical movements until I found it.

 

[53caddy]

Thanks guys