Ford CMP parts
 

Well it happened....I don't know if any of you went down this street or not but here goes....Has anyone ever spent 5 hours trying to get brake pressure?

We bled and bled and adjusted and honed and did everything BUT replace the master cylinder. When it was all said and done and & 3 ltrs of brake fluid later I had to find a new Master Cylinder. I just got off the phone with Chucks Trucks and started comparing parts numbers and books. It turns out he has a good supply of parts for CMPs. If you are looking for something specific it may well be worth your while to give him a call.

http://www.chuckstrucksllc.com/startframe.htm

Tell him Mike from Windsor sent you.....

cheers

Mike Timoshyk

The brake master cylinder looks like it should fit a CMP trailer, but not a truck (are Fords trucks?). But yes there are common parts to Chev CMP, Ford CMP, Ford commercial patteren and Chev commercial pattern. CMPs were an early form of parts bin special.

Master cylinder
 

It looks like the right shape to me.

Sorry I wasn't clear when taking a jab at ford lovers, my question wasn't whether the master was the correct shape for Ford CMPs but whether Fords were really trucks. Is the cylinder actually the correct diameter for CMP use?

Ford Trucks
 

Grant
Having had both Ford and Chev trucks I can say that Fords are trucks. Just that Chev are better than Ford. Let the Games begin!

Gord

I always got my Ford CMP master cylinders from the local NAPA. Price was always decent, and they had it there within a day. UP4572 was the part number I believe.

I guess it all depends on where you live. Since chevs tend to leak oil so badly, they were ideal for the road salt conditions found in Ontario and other points east. The leakage actually coated the underchassis and prevented them from rusting out. Here in the West, where salt wasn't such an issue, but you needed a motor that could start at -20 on a regular basis, the Fords were the ideal choice.

I think the army must have felt the same way, since it always seemed to me that there were far more Fords out west, and the chevs were all east.

Ford parts
 

For all the feed back, thanks....just a quick note. When scrolling through the pages of Chuck's Trucks and having had a good and educational (both-ways) discussion here is some interesting stuff some of you probably know but others may not.

When you look at a Ford Parts Manual for CMPs (the only CMPs I know of are Fords) you will see for example: 91T-2140 this is the part number for Master Cylinder. 91A-2140 is the number on the Chucks Trucks site. Similar but not the same as the number in the CMP parts manual...it states 91T-2140. Part numbers for other items have a "C" in the number such as 21C-9872. The "A" stands for automobile and pickup truck, the "T" stand for Truck 1 1/2 ton and over, and the "C" stands for Commercial. Chuck does not list all the parts he holds, but lists for Auto and pickup because they are the most popular. He does hold 91T-2140 in stock which is quoted in the CMP parts book for 42 Ford. He also holds a variety of T and C parts and it is best to call him for that hard to find piece....he just may have it.

For you Bow Tie guys I am truely sorry that you have not experienced first hand through ownership the pleasures that abound with the V8. Heat, in the winter most necessary, sound, nothing perks up the ears of a hotrodder like the sound of a flattie cruising in to a show and shine, and the challenges associated with frontal distribution. :blink:

Cheers from the home of the Ford CMP

Mike Timoshyk

Mike
Re the Ford vs Chev debate, we can just let the long term record stand for itself. One of these two companies ended up filing for bankruptcy protection, and the other is doing alright.

Nuff said.