Some brake help needed

[Babaganoosh]

Got it all done and is working perfectly fine. Thank you all for your help.




Note to self a bicycle isn't a good parts runner.

 

[dremu]

Was that a 73+ thing only? I ordered a 71 K30 booster for my 71 which was larger than the stock one that was on there. It seemed to fit fine except for the pushrod length had to be shortened a bit.

I forget about first gens. Yeah, pre-'73 one-tons had vacuum boost ... I think I've heard talk of hydroboost on pre-'73's, but it's rare or weird or something : dunno:

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[BGKYK5]

On my sixpack I have hydroboost with a stock-type master, no combo valve, adjustable prop valve, and discs on all four corners (one-ton Bendixes up front on and Eldos in back again, but on weird rotors as it's a dually.) This one will fling you through the windshield if I bang on the brakes hard enough.

But, it was a PITA getting it to that point, and it took me MONTHS, seriously, of the truck not being safe to move out of the driveway (as in totally flat pedal, leaking brake fluid, etc etc etc) to get it there. It *was* working and I "improved" it, Tim Taylor style, and took me FOREVER to get it *really* working again. If I hadn't torn it apart, I'd have put the stock combo valve back in by now.

You are gonna have to share some details now.