RE: Power Brake Conversion?

[David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,
You say this car has been sitting for 18 years before you bought it and the master cylinder was bone dry? I’d say the things you’re considering changing or converting to is all-good i.e. – MC, discs etc. but my opinion (or suggestion) would be to definitely replace all of the old steel brake lines and wheel cylinders (or the rear WC’s if you go with front discs). That sandy grit you found in the MC was rust and it will most likely be in all the brake lines and cyl’s too. Which is probably why you never could get the old brakes to work, as they should. I’d think companies like In-Line Tubing should be able to fix you up with new lines rather reasonably.  
Best of luck.
Dave B

 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: afterhoursfab@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Power Brake Conversion?
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:34:49 -0400
> 
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> My '62 880 needs a lot of things but I want to increase its
> drivability first, and I've had nothing but trouble with the brakes
> since day one. When I got the car it had been sitting for 18years and
> the master was bone dry along with a bit of sandy substance in the
> bottom. I cleaned it all out and bench bled it and bled the whole
> system but can't get a good pedal, its always soft or mushy. If I pump
> the pedal once or twice it comes up and stays hard but if I release
> it, it goes back to mushy within a few moments. I've adjusted the
> wheel cylinders to the book and it made a slight difference but
> nothing drastic. The car recently sat for a month and the brake pedal
> is worse than ever, requiring multiple pumps to get a pedal. My last
> course is to replace the master, as I'm sure a seal or two had to dry
> out in there..
> 
> So if I'm replacing the master, I may as well upgrade to power right?
> Or should I save the money and put it into the disc brake conversion?
> I'd rather do both, but since I'm suspecting a bad master, it seems to
> make sense to deal with that first. I've been looking at Prior
> Remanufacturing's website since they sell the booster and master
> together, would it be a direct swap? They list 3 different units,
> single diaphragm, dual, and then one that says "Field Inst. (Frame
> mount)"; I don't know what that is.. Of course these are for a '62
> Chrysler as nothing is available for an 880, and I'm assuming the
> interchange is correct because it has been for other parts. Let me
> know your opinions!
> 
> - Dave
> 
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