What is this brake part, Now general brake questions

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What is this brake part, Now general brake questions #1303404 09/13/12 05:14 PM 09/13/12 05:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,884 Oregon hooziewhatsit OP master
hooziewhatsit OP master Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,884 Oregon	This is on my '72 W200. It was drum/drum, and now it's disc/disc. 2.94" diameter calipers up front, and the Caddy eldorado 2.5" calipers w/ebrake in back. 1.25" diameter disc/disc master cylinder from a '98 dodge. Stock vacuum booster. The brakes work but they aren't great. I got the SSBC brake pressure kit a while back, and found I only had 800psi at the front calipers with the engine running. Today I tested the master cylinder itself, and I'm getting ~1000psi there. A little better, but still not where it should be. I plugged both ports in the MC and had a rock hard pedal. The pictured part is the only thing left in the stock brake system. Do I still need it? My FSM refers to a metering valve in disc/drum setups, but doesn't talk about this part for drum/drum applications I'd like to keep the warning light if possible. Later today I'll pressure bleed everything and see if I can get 1000psi at the calipers, assuming this part doesn't need to be gutted or something else. Then I may look into going with a hydroboost set up to increase the line pressure 7378081-brake_valve.png (189 downloads) Last edited by hooziewhatsit; 09/15/12 01:24 PM. If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

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What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	hooziewhatsit	09/13/12 09:14 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	Supercuda	09/14/12 12:55 AM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/14/12 04:06 AM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	MuuMuu101	09/14/12 04:51 AM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/14/12 11:07 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	Supercuda	09/14/12 11:50 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/15/12 05:38 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	VL21	09/16/12 03:55 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	DoctorDiff	09/16/12 05:29 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/16/12 05:39 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	DoctorDiff	09/16/12 06:50 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/16/12 07:02 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	DoctorDiff	09/16/12 07:07 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	09/16/12 07:17 PM
Re: What is this brake part, and do I still need it?	hooziewhatsit	01/09/13 10:20 PM
Re: What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	Andrewh	09/17/12 04:40 PM
Re: What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	hooziewhatsit	09/17/12 05:03 PM
Re: What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	hooziewhatsit	05/04/15 02:22 AM
Re: What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	hooziewhatsit	08/11/16 10:26 PM
Re: What is this brake part, Now general brake questions	hooziewhatsit	10/14/16 05:26 AM

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