Looks like I’m about 98% done with my brake system overhaul and disc brake conversion!
Last weekend I finished plumbing all the hard and soft lines. This weekend I bench bled and installed the master cylinder and filled and bled the system.
I still need to extend the wiring to reach the brake switch and replace the vacuum line that runs to the booster from the intake manifold.
I took the bird for a very short test ride around the neighborhood. She stops, but not with the force that I anticipated. I have a firm peddle and good peddle height; it just feels like I have to push down hard to get her stop promptly. Dave and I think it’s probably the old rubber vacuum line with the check valve that I’m temporarily using. The new booster already has a check valve; the vacuum line going to the booster also has a check valve. It’s possible that having the two check valves in line is robbing some vacuum assist.
I’ll pick up a new piece of vacuum hose tomorrow and eliminate that second check valve. Hopefully that’s the culprit.
Here’s the bird in her parking spot (facing the other way now )
Last weekend I finished plumbing all the hard and soft lines. This weekend I bench bled and installed the master cylinder and filled and bled the system.
I still need to extend the wiring to reach the brake switch and replace the vacuum line that runs to the booster from the intake manifold.
I took the bird for a very short test ride around the neighborhood. She stops, but not with the force that I anticipated. I have a firm peddle and good peddle height; it just feels like I have to push down hard to get her stop promptly. Dave and I think it’s probably the old rubber vacuum line with the check valve that I’m temporarily using. The new booster already has a check valve; the vacuum line going to the booster also has a check valve. It’s possible that having the two check valves in line is robbing some vacuum assist.
I’ll pick up a new piece of vacuum hose tomorrow and eliminate that second check valve. Hopefully that’s the culprit.
Here’s the bird in her parking spot (facing the other way now )
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