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: installing power brakes on '71


propest
Jun 24th, 04, 11:42 AM
my car was 4 drum and just put on FDbrakes. the vacuum boster and proprotioning vavle looks like it may be tough. any tricks or advice? the booster & vavle are off a 72 Monte. thanks John

JWagner
Jun 24th, 04, 3:20 PM
The hardest part of this is getting to the nuts that hold the booster to the car body. It is a bit tedious. The booster pushrod will attach to the lower hole in the brake pedal (non -power uses the upper hole). Get the metal tab thingy that goes on the upper hole; this activates the brake light switch now that the pedal is down farther. When installing the combination valve, it may be necessary to put a lazy bend in the hydraulic line that goes to the right front wheel. The combo valve is a bit longer than the old distribution block. Did you remeber to get the proper brackets that hold the front brake hoses to the frame? The disk brake brackets are thicker and the hoses will be loose with the old brackets.