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Give Me A Brake! 1800 1965

Do ya all have your thinking caps on...... So here's what going on.
My 1800S is with single system disks front shoes rear with booster. I have re-kitted the master cylinder and wheel cylinders, brakes adjusted and bled. Booster removed (due to severe leakage). There is fair pedal pressure (and no air in system). The problem is the break pedal is about 2" lower (to the floorboard) than the clutch pedal. Easy, you say, just adjust the push rod of the break cylinder. I agree, however the yoke at the end of the push rod (which attaches to the break pedal) is at maximum. Or, you might say shorten the clutch travel to that of the brake. (note the clutch master cylinder was also rebuilt).
I have measured both the push rods in the break and cluch cylinders and they appear to be approximately the same at 2.5" (the correct push rods are in their respective cylinders).
I had a low pedal on an old pickup truck years ago, and found that the parts store had sold me the wrong kit that had the wrong piston in it. The parts store replaced the kit and I changed pistons and the pedal then was at correct height.
Could this be the problem? The piston from the break master cylinder is marked SCHAFER with #H2246 on it and is 2.5" long. Wrong kit? Without dismantling the break cylinder I can't tell if the piston removed is the same as the one installed.
Given that the push rods of both the clutch and break cylinders are the same length, you would think the pedals would be at the same height. So Why aren't they.
By the way I took the 1800 on its first road test (10 miles) and after sitting for over 18 years without running it performed as well as the day it was delivered to the owners. Love that 4 speed, tight suspension, what a thrill after many months on this project. That was the first payoff. By the way, on the trip I sucked a MGB into the intake manifold doing 85mph, is this hard to fix.???
I'm Havinfun








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    Give Me A Brake! 1800 1965

    "By the way, on the trip I sucked a MGB into the intake manifold doing 85mph, is this hard to fix.???"

    It depends. Was it you or the MGB that was going 85 mph? >:0)

    Even relatively modest new econo cars will show my bone stock 1800E their tail lights at a stoplight. They are cruisers, not sprinters.








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    Give Me A Brake! 1800 1965

    Havin;

    Are you sure your rear adjusters are adjusted to minimize the free-travel of the pistons and shoes...if not a lot of the pedal motion will be taken up in moving the shoes out, but pedal feel will be good after that (your symptoms?). An easy way to check is to see how many clicks the E-brake will make before rear shoes contact and cause drag. If this is more than 3-4, you might try tightening up the adjuster some.

    I'm having fun too!

    Cheers








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      Give Me A Brake! 1800 1965

      Ron, the E-brake sets at one click.
      What I dont understand is that givin the length of the push rods of both the clutch and brake master cylinder are the same, and the pedal location is the same why is the brake pedal 2 to 3" lower? There is no more adjustment left on either push rod. Doesn't make sense to me.
      By the way just how should the pedal feel without the booster? Are the brakeing capabilities the same or similar?
      I'm glad you're having fun too.







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