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#23813 12/20/2003 8:19 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 58 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 58 | I just purchased a 1961 1/ ton pu to restore with my son. I want to build this truck for him to drive back and fourth to school and I would like to upgrade the brakes with a dual master cyl.. however this truck has a master cyl that shares the reservoir with the hydraulic clutch. what I need to do is either find a master that has dual reservoirs for the brakes and a clutch reservoir in this same configuration (which was probably never made )or find some way to mount two seperate master cylinders on the firewall in this close configuration one for the brakes and one one for the clutch. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated | | |
#23814 12/20/2003 9:07 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23 | I have the same question. I have a '61 long bed Apache 10 that needs new brakes and I figure I might as well upgrade them at the same time from the original master cylinder.
I've done a lot of searching on this site and other sites and have yet to find a definitive answer. I could have sworn there was a link on one of these forums to a brake parts site where they sold a dual reservoir master cylinder w/ power brake booster and separate clutch reservoir built into the bracket. It listed for $495! That's a bit steep. This assembly was also pretty huge.
I would like to keep my drums and manual brakes and just split my front and back brakes. Has anyone else done this? | | |
#23815 12/21/2003 1:54 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 | www.mpbrakes.com has an adapter or kit?i can't remember which. | | |
#23816 12/21/2003 2:32 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 55 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 55 | If I'm reading this right, all you need is a dual MC and another reservoir for your hydraulic clutch? Honda has done that for years. You shoud just be able to take a regular single MC (like the one on my '66 C-10) and just use it as the clutch reservoir. It's very compact, and all you have to do would be to remove it from the donor vehicle, pick a place to mount it on the firewall, then run your lines. You should only have to worry about drilling the mounting holes for it, since it won't have rod from the brake pedal. Maybe I'm thinking wrong or something. I hope this helps. John
1968 Chevy C-10, 250 and 3 speed on floor, Hedman headers, Offy intake, Edelbrock 600cfm 4 barrel, HEI
1966 Chevy C-10, motor and tranny went into the '68. Waiting to be restored.
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#23817 12/22/2003 2:44 AM | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 | That's way to much screwing around. The original setup works fine.
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