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Location: Bryan, TX | Has anyone converted the single master cylinder over to a double master cylinder? If so, how did you go about it and plumb it too. (Drum-Drum manual brakes) |
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Location: bishop, ca | I was induced to convert to a dual master cylinder system a few years ago, based upon a scare-story
that appeared in MoPar Action magazine, and the non-existent bogeyman which could drain
your single-resevoir master cylinder in the dark-of-night.....
Truth be told, it would take a LONG time for an un-attended MC to lose its brake fluid, as the fluid would
be slightly squeezed out each time the brake pedal was depressed.
This happened to me, around 1981, when I was a newbie (way...pre-FWDLK/website aware-involved) and after I
had just recently bought my years'-long, dead-stored car.
The M/C check-out involves the use of a 7/16" wrench, to open its lid, and to eyeball its fluid level.
Going back to my experience with MoPar Action's article, it didn't mention that M/C overhaul kits are readily available,
so as to prevent any old-age/dry-out/wear-out leakages from occurring.
Cars having disc brake systems require that a dual M/C system be installed in them.
But, I wish that I hadn't been frightened by that MA article into wasting considerable time and money (over $250.00) in
finding and overhauling a dualie M/C, when a simple overhaul of a single-pot M/C will prevent leakages from it.
If anyone is truly frightened about the many-aspects of driving our cars (like: the lack of anti-lock brakes,
shoulder harnesses/passive-restraints/head restraints, rigid seat backs/air bags; the list is almost
endless....) then he/she should probably be driving only modern cars.
A properly-overhauled ENTIRE brake system is an essential requirement for our cars, no matter what
kind of system we choose to install in them.
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56 Coronet brakes
