I’m gathering parts to do a T-5 5spd trans conversion on my stock 1946 truck. It just struck me, what does everyone do about their master cylinder and pedals that bolt to the old original transmission? I was planning on keeping my original brakes, (for now), and keeping the pedal configuration…..but they bolt to the side of the original transmission. What is everyone doing?
Care taker of a 1946 1/2 ton. Pretty much period correct original. Danny T, from B’ham, Al
The pedal set on the 1/2 ton trucks bolt to the bellhousing and the transmission. The big bolts of that era had the pedals bolted only to the bellhousing and used a remote frame mounted brake master cylinder. I've seen people use the original setup just bolted to the bellhousing, but I would fabricate a bracket to support the back end of the pedal mount to the new transmission.
