My Bronco has finally been driven! Only to the end of the driveway and back, and with one somewhat major problem, but it went both ways under it's own power. The problem occured when I shifted from Neutral into Drive. The front end came up, the top side of the passenger coil spring squirted out of the bucket, the front end came down and didn't stop coming down until the fender met the tire. I had no intention of goosing it, but the shift kit must have made it jump into gear at just the wrong time and boom, bent fender.
Anyway, I have a question about brakes that I think I have answered but I'll ask anyway. I am running 4 wheel disk brakes with the hydroboost out of a 77 Lincoln Mark V. The master cylinder is from a 78 FSB. I have very little peddle and the throttle easily overcomes the brakes and moves the Bronco. I just found out that the master cylinder that came on the Lincoln has a 1.13" bore while the FSB master cylnder has a 1"bore. My question is, will the .13" difference be enough to cause my braking problem? I have good steering and I did the stop-to-stop bleeding process pretty thouroughly. I ran almost two of the large brake fluid bottles through the system to bleed it and had no bubbles so I'm confident that this is alright. My concern is in my brake peddle (if it doesn't turn out to be the MC). I did some fab work on my manual peddle assembly so the hydroboost system is lined up where the clutch used to be (more room around the engine seemed wise), the original clutch and brake legs have a plate welded across them both to provide a wider peddle, and the pivot point for the beddle is in a non-stock location because I didn't seem to have much throw at all with it stock.
I have a new hydroboost unit and a new MC on their way just in case either turns out to be the problem ($118 for the hydroboost and $17 for the MC at Advance Auto).
Anyway, I have a question about brakes that I think I have answered but I'll ask anyway. I am running 4 wheel disk brakes with the hydroboost out of a 77 Lincoln Mark V. The master cylinder is from a 78 FSB. I have very little peddle and the throttle easily overcomes the brakes and moves the Bronco. I just found out that the master cylinder that came on the Lincoln has a 1.13" bore while the FSB master cylnder has a 1"bore. My question is, will the .13" difference be enough to cause my braking problem? I have good steering and I did the stop-to-stop bleeding process pretty thouroughly. I ran almost two of the large brake fluid bottles through the system to bleed it and had no bubbles so I'm confident that this is alright. My concern is in my brake peddle (if it doesn't turn out to be the MC). I did some fab work on my manual peddle assembly so the hydroboost system is lined up where the clutch used to be (more room around the engine seemed wise), the original clutch and brake legs have a plate welded across them both to provide a wider peddle, and the pivot point for the beddle is in a non-stock location because I didn't seem to have much throw at all with it stock.
I have a new hydroboost unit and a new MC on their way just in case either turns out to be the problem ($118 for the hydroboost and $17 for the MC at Advance Auto).