Posted by Stephen Hunt
on 4/27/2009, 12:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Is this a stupid question?"
75.132.222.174
Tim, at the time he did this the braking was just fine, the same as before, he used it this way for many years before he stored the car in Texas and went to Alaska back in 2000. I am doing this mod this year so I will get back to you on just how it feels. I kept my car nearly 100% original (14 years)till this year, and now I am doing all the mods I've wanted to do for so long. -Steve
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: Hey Tim, you can use the later Master
: Cylinder (76-80) on say an earlier 1500
: model. Several years ago a friend of
: mine did that swap on a '74 model and I
: am planning to do the same to my '74
: spit. I remember he had to make a
: little more space for the rear of the
: later master cylinder as it was a tad
: bit longer than the early "large
: cap version". He just made the
: recessed area behind the cylinder on
: the firewall a little deeper by making
: a small notch with a hammer and a
: punch, maybe 1/4" at best. Other
: than that it seemed like a straight
: swap. At the time my buddy did his car
: you couldn't get that "large cap
: master cylinder" (70-75) for less
: than $500.00! Another good point about
: the later model is that it is cheaper
: and the cap is so much easier to
: remove!
: -Steve
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: OK, Is this a stupid question? Why
: can't
: you use a 1976 to 1980 brake master
: cylinder instead of the expensive 1970
: to 1975 model? What is the difference?
: I don't understand.
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: Thanks Steve, I may do this, but would
: really like the stock year look. And
: really don't want to mess with the fire
: wall since the new one is longer. But,
: time will tell. By the way, does he
: like the braking?
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