Adding Power Brakes, Help!!
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Adding Power Brakes, Help!!
71 F-100, 4 drums, Looking to add power brake booster. Digging through the Pic-A Part, I find some boosters have a pivot linkage in the mounting bracket and some the pedal rod goes into the booster. Can someone enlighten me a bit? Thanks before hand. Charlie
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I had one truck that had power brakes. Mine had the pedal rod into the boost. Nothing attached to anything else.
I was able to actually convert back and forth without any special work.
I removed the brake booster once to see if that was creating a problem I had. Truck stopped/worked fine with/without it. I don't remember even if the master cylinder was different between the two? Too many years ago.
I was able to actually convert back and forth without any special work.
I removed the brake booster once to see if that was creating a problem I had. Truck stopped/worked fine with/without it. I don't remember even if the master cylinder was different between the two? Too many years ago.
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Thanks for the reply Freightrain. Yes the M/C is the same. I'll keep looking for the bracket set up that goes straight to the boost. The one with the toggle in it I don't understand but will investigate at the wrecker when I get time. Thanx again, Charlie
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The 1 ton trucks had a pivot linkage added in.If your peddle assembly is for a f100 then you should be able to use any F 100 setup.Found this out the hard way.Put in a peddle assembly in my f 100 from a 1 ton and had to use a master and booster from a 1 ton. moparnut
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Thanks Moparnut. I found a late60 early 70 at the yard and it has a quadrant type pivot that the pedal rod { flat stock} hooks to the lower end and the upper has round rod going into booster. Puzzled me a bit, thats why I'm here. I'm looking for the parts required and want a small diameter booster. I have to work it around the air filter assy on the 87 5.0 EFI Crown Vic engine. Thanx again for your input. Charlie PS It is a F100
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Charlie, Since it is your butt behind the wheel, and you don't want it skined up, because of cobled brakes, may I suggest that you do like many and find a 73-79 donor and swap in the whole system including the power discs.
IMHO a factory engineered system is better than my own.
John
IMHO a factory engineered system is better than my own.
John
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