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For you guys that say the drum booster is fine - have you done a super-hard stop yet? And have you done that super-hard stop with a near-identical car in the lane next to you (but a car with a disc booster)? If you haven't, there's no way to know if you're missing out on some braking power. I'm...

Thanks for the info. Just to confirm, My 66 booster with a single chamber MC will work with a ‘67 MC with a dual chamber. If so, I’m sending my ‘66 booster out for rebuild.

The Master cylinder size is important in the manner of how much pressure is transferred to the brake fluid but is only part of the formula. Here is the formula for figuring out what you need......... Say you have an 8" single diaphragm booster and a master cylinder with a 1" bore. The formula...

A "hard pedal" sounds like a plugged vac line to the power brake booster. If it was a bad diaphram or a hole in the vac hose, two things would happen when stepping on the brake. Harder pedal and an engine miss when doing so, with the engine miss going away when the pedal is released. it does...

It’s ok I am just going to return the master and get the right one it’s part of my learning experience lol

What Big John posted here. I am the guy that started the post "A Wrapup of Goodbye and Good Riddance". I bought the Fury with the previous owner's leeds conversion, and tore it off. I hope you still have your old parts too. In the meantime, start looking for a stock conversion.

Good 4 U! Manual brakes work very well on these. My '66 Newport came with the same exact setup you're blessed with. It's VERY EASY to use the distribution block for the front brakes, while installing a dual pot 1967-68 Bendix MC, then feeding the rear brake line from the MC. Go read my "Poor...

FWIW, general recommendations on here are to NOT use a drum-brake booster with discs as it will not provide enough boost in a hard/panic stop to maximize braking. Most of those discussions revolve around C-bodies where the factory provided a specific booster for discs vs drums. How a 64 booster...

My initial premise about 2 cars together was to make the element of competition. The more I think about it, if you have 2 near-identical cars, you actually only need 1 driver. Do multiple stops in each car, measure the distances and compare. Or even better - do a booster swap in the same car to...

Wow, $880 for a brake booster!! It certainly sounds like something is plugged up and I'm rooting for you that it is the distribution block. Maybe look at the lines to make sure none are crushed and then pull distribution block and hit the orifices with air compressor? That master cylinder...

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

The long ram brake booster is the same as any other car. The difference is the screw on plate with the hose fitting, it is bent to the center of the car instead of straight.

When I compress the bellows on the left am I suppose to feel air come out on the right side of the plate? I was doing some cruising today and had a bit of highway between some of the locations I wanted to see. before getting on the highway my brakes were fine, no issues. then as I was getting...

You need to source a disc brake booster and factor in rebuild to the total cost here

The booster in question is a Bendix universal remote booster. These were used to add power brakes to applications where space was at a premium. The were also found on mid 50's GM products, both cars and light trucks as noted. Also used on many stick shift cars where things like clutch or...

You may want to have that booster rebuilt before installing it in your car. If it still works, it probably won't for long without refreshing. You will also need to grab the brake pedal linkage from under the dash.

Its time to replace or rebuild your power brake booster. As far as who to use, the personal choice is Booster Dewey. The craftmanship and high quality finished work alone makes them a first choice.

I can't believe I missed the fact you have disc brakes. . . When I looked at your under-hood photo, I noticed the disc brake dual diaphragm booster, but ignored it since you started the discussion saying you wanted to convert to disc brakes. Sorry for the confusion on my part.

Thank you!

Until you do some diagnostics you are only guessing. Open the bleeder screw and see if the caliper releases. If it does then the caliper is working and then you start diagnosing the lines master cylinder and valve. I see you are also in Michigan, where abouts do you live?