Hydroboost conversion done!
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Ahhh... I see said the blind man.
Looks like the Chevy booster I posted has a pushrod as long as the 2001 Superduty.
As for my pedal, I couldn't possibly come up anymore, the brakelight bracket is almost right against the stop. Unless One were to drill a new hole in the pedal for the pushrod bolt.
Josh
Looks like the Chevy booster I posted has a pushrod as long as the 2001 Superduty.
As for my pedal, I couldn't possibly come up anymore, the brakelight bracket is almost right against the stop. Unless One were to drill a new hole in the pedal for the pushrod bolt.
Josh
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you can always weld a piece of 1/4" (maybe 3/8" - however thick the pedal is) piece of plate on the front of the pedal with a hole in it is well. This would allow for the longer pushrod and no spacer...
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Figures - stealership price = $32 for a $1 piece of steel with some holes in it. Not that I would ever waste $$ on buying something from a stealership that I can make myself, but for others it might work
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You have to use a P/S pump that is has two returns. One comes back from the P/S box and the other from the hydroboost. If you are getting stuff from a donor truck, it's best to pull everything including the P/S pump. Get the hoses, brackets, and P/S pump. That's what I did when I pulled mine out of an '88 F450. The F-450 M/C is too much and I will be switching back to a '78 F-350 M/C sometime soon. I hear the F-250 M/C works well though.
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You don't need a new pump. You can do 2 things get the plastic reservoir with 2 return ports or just put a T fitting on the stock return line. GM used the T fitting and ford used the dual return reservoir. The choice is yours.
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Excellent write-up gashog. I think I'll do the hydroboost to the crew before I'm done with it.
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Still just did not have the right pedal feel, well I got that fixed!I replaced the front two rubber lines and the rear rubber brake line with custom made stainless braided line. huge difference in response and pedal feel! I had all the lines custom made at a local truck service center. The really expensive part was the rear because the hose is part of the line block that bolts to the axle housing. I ended up reusing the stock block but machining and threading it to accept the new line. All in all for 127.00 i'm happy!
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Vacuum boosters bolt onto a firewall bracket which then gets bolted to the firewall. The bracket has it's own rod assembly that attaches to the pedal. The booster pushrod is bolted to the bracket rocker.
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The booster bolts to the bracket and the booster pushrod bolts directly the pedal in my application. No rocker bracket or pivot point.
My 68 bronco has a pivot point behind the booster bracket.
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So looking around today I found a complete Hydroboost F450 Setup but it is a diesel. I assume that the booster and lines are the same but what about the pump. Do you think It might be able to be retrofited onto a 460 with L&L Brackets???
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I also pulled mine out of an F-450 and it was a direct bolt-in, except that I made brackets to mount the booster to the firewall and had to rebend the lines a bit. I currently have a 351M and the pump bolted right on my current P/S bracket. I don't know anything about the L&L bracket, but I would expect the pump would bolt up fine to it too.
