bksvo
07-02-2020, 08:16 AM
The brakes on my 86 had gotten soft, and as a result I hadn't driven it in a few years (life...). So I started the brake rebuild, and now it's apart for paint...mission creep (more on that in a different thread). The car has 63k miles, and has been a dry climate car it's whole life.
I planned on rebuilding everything myself, but in the end got a screaming deal on a new master cylinder, so the original goes in my old parts box. The caliper seals were actually in great shape (very supple), so I left them alone, but put in new bushings. When the master cylinder came off, I discovered it had leaked onto the booster, so that came out of the car and got cleaned up and painted. I wasn't thinking and so no pictures of that, but it looks great now.
Of course, all of the rubber hoses had to go. I had ordered them from Rock Auto a while back. The fronts went on with no issues.
The center hose was just flat out wrong (a Wagner part). After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (our hose is made of unobtainium, I believe), I eventually discovered that the hose from an 85 GT will work. It is about 1/2in longer, but otherwise the same. It bolted right in and I don't expect any issues.
Then came the rear hoses...
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Doh. I tried several sources, and I determined I just wasn't going to get the right ones. The SVO brackets are 1/2in shorter than what all of the parts houses are calling the correct hose.
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So, I ended up grinding the tabs off of the new and old hoses (they are pressed and crimped into rectangular slots), cleaned up and painted the old brackets, and then used JBWeld to hold the new hoses to the old brackets.
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Again, no picture of everything hooked up, but I'll try to attach one later. I don't expect any issues, as the steel brake line is going to ensure rigidity.
Hopefully this helps someone getting ready to tackle the project. Everything is bled (although I expect I'll be rebleeding for a while, having evacuated the whole system) and working great.
I planned on rebuilding everything myself, but in the end got a screaming deal on a new master cylinder, so the original goes in my old parts box. The caliper seals were actually in great shape (very supple), so I left them alone, but put in new bushings. When the master cylinder came off, I discovered it had leaked onto the booster, so that came out of the car and got cleaned up and painted. I wasn't thinking and so no pictures of that, but it looks great now.
Of course, all of the rubber hoses had to go. I had ordered them from Rock Auto a while back. The fronts went on with no issues.
The center hose was just flat out wrong (a Wagner part). After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (our hose is made of unobtainium, I believe), I eventually discovered that the hose from an 85 GT will work. It is about 1/2in longer, but otherwise the same. It bolted right in and I don't expect any issues.
Then came the rear hoses...
9955
Doh. I tried several sources, and I determined I just wasn't going to get the right ones. The SVO brackets are 1/2in shorter than what all of the parts houses are calling the correct hose.
9956
So, I ended up grinding the tabs off of the new and old hoses (they are pressed and crimped into rectangular slots), cleaned up and painted the old brackets, and then used JBWeld to hold the new hoses to the old brackets.
995799589959
Again, no picture of everything hooked up, but I'll try to attach one later. I don't expect any issues, as the steel brake line is going to ensure rigidity.
Hopefully this helps someone getting ready to tackle the project. Everything is bled (although I expect I'll be rebleeding for a while, having evacuated the whole system) and working great.