I haven't been following this thread too closely, but I put a vacuum
servo, stock from Mini Mania into my TD and it made a big difference. I
mounted mine on the left bulkhead, moving the horn and voltage regulator
around to make room. If I had it to do over, I would mount it above the
rear axle. It needs a vacuum attachment from the intake manifold (I
drilled and tapped with a standard 1/4" plumbing nipple), and brake
lines to run between the master cylinder to the booster and back to the
T connector. My vacuum hose is rubber but I would probably use copper
tubing if running to the rear. The car stops with less pedal pressure,
but the drum brakes still fade on long downhills.
Andy Moyce
52 TD.
-----Original Message-----
From: mg-t-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Charlie Baldwin
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:50 AM
To: John F. Quilter
Cc: MG T List
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] dual brake system
I agree that it would certainly not be the first safety upgrade that I
would make and probably never do it. The single thing that I've done to
the brakes on my TD that makes a large difference is to convert to front
disc brakes. It was a night and day conversion and I had the
intermediate step of having MGA 1500 drum brakes on it for many years
which were better than the stock brakes. When I converted to MGA 1600
disc brakes I went from driving on eggs, leaving large spaces between
the car ahead and me to driving it like my everyday car. Actually the
large spaces ahead only encouraged other drivers to pull out in front of
me making it even less safe.
You can also convert a TD using MGB front discs, but it is more
difficult. Either conversion is easiest if you also convert to wire
wheels which I did.
Charlie
John F. Quilter wrote:
> I would tend to agree with the nay sayers about converting an MGTD to
> a dual brake system. The modifications whatever they are will
> introduce new and unproven engineering that may in itself have its own
> problems and reliability issues. Just stay with your stock system,
> make sure your hoses are in good shape and check the brake fluid level
> every so often to verify no slow loss of fluid from a wheel cylinder
> or master cylinder.
>
> John F. Quilter
> Brisbane, California
>
>
>
>
>> In a message dated 4/19/2010 2:37:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> richard.kleihorst@yahoo.com writes:
>>> Has anyone ever modified a TD to a dual brake system?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>>
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