Master Cylinder cover

464Saloon
464Saloon Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
What have you all got on your stepdowns to cover the master cylinder. I have the plate with three screws securing it to the floor. I the HAD a plate with a single screw that was carpeted that secured over that. It was lost when I had the car recarpeted and didn't realize it until I went to check the fluid. I now have a big hole cut in my carpet so I contacted Lance ( Hudzilla) for another plate. He said he had never seen one. I was most sure this was a factory part and gave you nice covered access to the cylinder. What do you others have? Could this be a 54 only thing?

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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    Most stepdowns had a rubber floor mat and you just lifted the corner of the mat to gain access. The ones I have carpeted, I left the drivers rear corner un attached so i could get to the above referenced three screw cover. The 54's with PB didn't need an access since the MC is under the hood. Hope that helps. Dave W(FL)
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    464Saloon wrote:
    What have you all got on your stepdowns to cover the master cylinder. I have the plate with three screws securing it to the floor. I the HAD a plate with a single screw that was carpeted that secured over that. It was lost when I had the car recarpeted and didn't realize it until I went to check the fluid. I now have a big hole cut in my carpet so I contacted Lance ( Hudzilla) for another plate. He said he had never seen one. I was most sure this was a factory part and gave you nice covered access to the cylinder. What do you others have? Could this be a 54 only thing?

    How big was the single screw? Did the plate look like it might have been chrome underneath the carpet? I think some one made a home made after market plate and it may have been a commercial plumbing item, the size would have been about right.

    At the national in Auburn there was a vendor selling a master cylinder lid that had a tube that went up the firewall allowing you to check and fill the master cylinder from under the hood. Since I have a Hydramatic, and have to take the rug out anyway to check both fluids I did not stop and look the filler tube and cap closely.

    Does anyone know who this is? I am now beginning to reconsider the modification.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    SRCraftsman2 wrote:
    How big was the single screw? Did the plate look like it might have been chrome underneath the carpet? I think some one made a home made after market plate and it may have been a commercial plumbing item, the size would have been about right.



    At the national in Auburn there was a vendor selling a master cylinder lid that had a tube that went up the firewall allowing you to check and fill the master cylinder from under the hood. Since I have a Hydramatic, and have to take the rug out anyway to check both fluids I did not stop and look the filler tube and cap closely.



    Does anyone know who this is? I am now beginning to reconsider the modification.



    That was Erwin Sanchez-Flores from the Red River Chapter in La.
  • J Spencer
    J Spencer Expert Adviser
    YEP! my 51 Pacemaker has a three screw cover also. I check my fluid level from underneath. I take aff the master cylinder top, use a mirror (o my finger to check level and if needed use a syringe with a lenth of hose to fill the master. Over the twenty years I have had the car I have

    needed to add only a small amount of fluid . Fortunatel the system has stayed leak free.



    When I did the brakes in 1985 for the previous owner, I switched to silicone brake fluid.



    Jim Spencer
  • 464Saloon
    464Saloon Senior Contributor
    Stepdowns had floormats, I thought they were all carpet. I believe they all have the plate with the three screws, it is above that was my question. I swore that carpeted cover was a factory piece, but when Lance questioned it I got wondering. Sounds like it must have been custom. I guess I will make another as I liked it.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    464Saloon wrote:
    Stepdowns had floormats, I thought they were all carpet. I believe they all have the plate with the three screws, it is above that was my question. I swore that carpeted cover was a factory piece, but when Lance questioned it I got wondering. Sounds like it must have been custom. I guess I will make another as I liked it.

    After you make it post some pictures. I still have to put carpet in mine and this could be an alternative to pulling the rug to check both the trans fluid and the brake fluid.
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