Ford CMP parts

[Mike Timoshyk]

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

[Grant Bowker]

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.

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

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.

It looks like the right shape to me.

[Grant Bowker]

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?

[Gordon Yeo]

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

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

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 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.

[rob love]

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.