My New Project: 1956 Cadillac Sedan Deville Resurrection Thread

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

Those marks show that at one stage in the vehicles' life, it had a seized outer bearing, and the inner cone turned on the shaft.

If you cannot get another stub, the old one can be repaired at a good machinist shop by turning off the bad part of the stub and inserting a sleeve to bring it back to specifications.

Or, if a lot of it is still in spec, which I doubt, as the underside (load bearing) will have more wear, rendering it out of alignment, you could install the cone with a Bearing Mounting substance like Loctite Super Bearing Mount.

Bruce.

PS.   I have seen worse that have taken a bearing and still worked.

[James Gray]

Ben,

I spotted this while digging around looking for ignition parts. It's a video of a '56 like yours. A little more inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMuCOtlHjTY

[chstitans42]

http://youtu.be/9xw5KshmcTk

[chstitans42]

New Video with new tires

http://youtu.be/rAFUWvWxPDQ

[jaxops]

I really enjoyed your videos!  Great work getting it running.  All the best in your exciting restoration.

[chstitans42]

Since I had sourced out already all the brake parts, I decided to get the brake MC and booster done by a guy local to me named Jose Gomez, a member of the Mid-Century Cadillac Forum, and fellow dfw 1956 Cadillac owner. Here is his peliminary report. Pics to come.

Good news, so-so news and bad news…!

The good news, the unit arrived intact. The rubber gasket for the air cleaner is cracked at both side center, this is about normal for all the units I worked on. The air filter would be clean and the same one put back.The inside of the M/C was in good shape picture, although you know the cap is the wrong one. Just a pointer..!




The so-so news;

The booster front power piston plate look in good shape the air hose is also in good shape. Now the power piston lather band is in real bad shape, not sure if it could be salvageable, gunk on the back face of the band and at the rear of the power piston.
The inside of the booster looked ok, just a bit dirty and small area with corrosion, it could be cleaned and rust honed.


The bad news ( It could changed once I open the M/C)

The M/C is in bad shape the rear nut has some rust (ignored the rag had to cover the hole due to brake fluid leaking). You can also see it on the back of the booster were the M/C bolts on with the rust.

These are so far the preliminary steps I’ve done on the disassembly.

One note the brake fluid inside the M/C was real bad, black and with gunk. With that in mind there is a possibility the inside of the M/C may have more corrosion. I hope that none of the items on the attached drawing 28, 29, 30, 31, 33 are in fair shape to be clean and de-rust.

I’ll be disassembling the M/C tomorrow and see the condition of these pieces, more to follow.

[chstitans42]

Another update from Jose!

Took the M/C apart today and although it had a lot of corrosion and gunk inside I was able to clean and bead blaster it with good results. The parts I was concerned about yesterday were in good shape.



Lots of cleaning on both the M/C and the booster canister, both got painted semi gloss black on one side waiting for it to dry to get the rest.



The vacuum valve rubber valve was in good shape, clean and tested good.



Not much beside the disassembling, cleaning and painting.



I will try to get the M/C hopefully today if not maybe tomorrow. As for the power piston that one will be tackled once everything is back on the M/C, so more to come.

[DeVille68]

Hi Ben,

Any news on your project?
Would love the hear how you proceed!

Best,
Nicolas

[chstitans42]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjxknpv_hg

[DeVille68]

Hi Ben,

Ah nice. A new video!
Yeah, sad to hear that the engine is still at the shop.
Any progress on the brakes?

Regarding rubber: I think steele should have most of them: http://www.steelerubber.com
For example part Nr. 70-0703-56 and 70-0544-73

And you are right, better replace all the rubbers. I had to replace all the rubbers on my convertible too. Luckily, no water made it to the interior, but my door panels were wet and hence the pressed wood was all swollen and wavy.

Best regards,
Nicolas

[chstitans42]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzF75zHl8CM

[Coupe Deville]

Hey Ben, for a couple cans of aerosol I think it looks great. Makes it shine now. Any word on the motor?
Keep up the good work.

-Gavin 

[chstitans42]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsLJlR5qTFE

[chstitans42]

http://youtu.be/iGwS9-KhXQg

[Coupe Deville]

Hey Ben. Sorry to hear that happened to you. You got off pretty lucky with the rest of the interior. When I first got my 57 it tried to kill me. The previous owner had the timing way out of whack and backfired through the carb. The carb was on fire, I scrambled to find a rag then the rag caught on fire......Just trying to say your not alone. Projects aren't always smooth sailing.   

-Gavin

[chstitans42]

http://youtu.be/y_DwVV2zqpo

[J. Gomez]

This video previously contained a copyrighted audio track. Due to a claim by a copyright holder, the audio track has been muted. 

[chstitans42]

Video fixed. Sorry guys!

[chstitans42]

http://youtu.be/1g2Ggz01iuo

[J. Gomez]

“The clowns who are doing your engine..!”   

Just make sure you do not get any surprise trinkets from the “clowns” when you pick it up from them.