bmackinnon
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- Feb 24, 2005
Been there, felt that! I was tickled to death too when I first changed mine. Waaaayyy better. Glad you got 'er done.
OK did the conversion today. Found a brake pedal out of a cutlass at the wrecking yard..$10.20 Other than all the blood rushing to head and my sweat running in my eye's stinging the heck out of em, mission accomplished, not too bad. About 30 min to get it out, seat was close and I was tring to wiggle my big frame down below.
New Booster/Master Cylinder from Oreillys...$140. It should be noted, Napa, Advance and Auto Zone had nada here in OKC...could not believe it.
2 Hours later, everything installed, brakes bled. To bad I don't have a finger icon for the powermaster!! Ahhh vacume brakes ROCK!!! This is the way to go. It really is not that difficult, other than you need to be flexible..haha
Best darn mod for these cars!!!
Steve
Reading back thru your posts there Real99, is it the brake pedal swap you are uncomfortable with? You sound as if a swap for another Powermaster is a walk in the park for you, but to have to get up under the dash and swap the pedal is going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
And I thought it was the Irish with bad tempers.
I guess I've never been afraid to tackle anything because I usually read or ask a bunch of questions before I proceed. Even then, with a digital camera, I take a ton of pictures so that I can reference if I get lost. This board has been a great help as well as the gnttype.org site for information.
Steve
I've been down that road of bad luck..it really bites, but just keep pushing forward. The GN I just bought had been sitting for 6~7 years, #4 exhaust valve had a chunk missing so I pulled the engine. Since I was pulling the one head, I figured might as well check the other side a put new HG's on. Anyhow, I had the engine in the car for less than 24 hours, got onto the main drag and blew both HG's after the engine backfired real hard...talk about being ticked off.
Anyhow, doing the swap is really easy. The hardest part was getting the brake pedal off the doner vehicle, pull my pedal and replace. I'm 6'3" 260 and not as flexible as I use to be, but it's not bad.
I'm in the middle of doing a complete frame off restro on my 72 Buick convertable, have I ever done it before...never, but I have over 1000 pics of how everything came off, service manuals, and best of all, the support and encouragement of fellew Buick lovers, just like this board.
Steve