One other option which I used is to use two single master cylinders. I have
disc
brakes on all four corners. One ms controls the front brakes and the other
does
the rear brakes. As of an 'emergency brake', I selected the rear brakes from
an
Oldsmobile-Toronado/Caddie-Something twins which had a separate and still a
fully manual cable ebrake. This gives two separate and complete brake
systems
and an independent emergency system.
I used this format at least in part for later changes. I am interested in
making a
few runs down the 1320. It's nothing big. Its just a grudge match with a
friend
building a F*%D pickup. Anyway, I would like to add a 'line lock' and this
brake
configuration will make it fairly easy to do so.
This front/back configuration has already saved me problems. The (new!)
rear/right
flex line was defective and burst on my drive to the paint and body shop.
The front
brakes were unaffected and held just fine. I was able to replace the
defective part
after the drive. I didn't even know of the problem till I parked in the
repair stall and
saw the fluid drip.
Lonnie
----- Original Message -----
From: G. Simmons <gls@4link.net>
To: Rawlin Blake <blake@nevada.edu>; Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 6 lug disk brakes and dual m/c
>
> From: Rawlin Blake <blake@nevada.edu>
> >You don't need a vacuum booster.
> >
> >However you DO need a dual master cylinder. I found out why when the
> >original master cylinder failed on my 58.
>
> I second what Rawlin says about needing a dual master cyllinder. My
single
> m/c barkes went out one me once (once is enough) and I didn't even have a
> parking brake. It was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride for a while before I could
find
> a hill to use to slow me down.
>
> Get a dual m/c.
>
> Regards,
>
> Grant S.
>
>
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