wow that's a lot of info! i have the brackets coming as well. luckily a guy on amazon has posted about his conversion and linked the brackets in the review of the m2300m kit. i look into the combo valve. also have all the stainless lines coming from CJ.
changing brake line nuts isnt a big deal. but i think i had to do it when i put on the mustang brakes hoses when i first converted. but again not worried. car isnt moving... still need to do the heater core.
So im resurrecting this post. about a year later i bought reman calipers and brackets. those have been working flawlessly since. in late 2018 i replaced the Ole Teves brake booster with 93 Cobra Booster and Master cylinder. this months project is now upgrading to 13in rotors calipers. also order ford racing M2300M kit for rear axle brackets and rotors to upgrade the rear also. just waiting on rear bracket kit and stainless hoses for the front. ill make another post about all that.
Darren thanks for the info. i actually vacuum bleed the brakes re-installing the single piston calipers and the pedal hasn't been this nice in a few years.
where is a vendor i can get a quality manual proportioning valve. i have a sn95 master and proportioning valve i can guy or just gut the TC one. im tired of Teves it pulls to much current on the system. plus new parts are pricey for this teves. would the braided SS hoses help with pedal feel and stopping ability or is it overrated?
i got my wedding in 6months and that taking alot of my $$$. to be honest. i can get cobra calipers and brackets for what walk in price you can buy the 99+ gt/v6. but thats $$$ i dont have. i had them in the shed and gave em a shot, we got the them loose, the outer boots were ripped and they got corroded there, we reassembled them and seem to hold. ill reinstall in a few weeks. the calipers i had on the car before 5 lug i rebuilt myself. we used to rebuild wheel cylinders but the china made ones are cheaper and easier. i dont care for the green but the car has green accents on it already so i didnt bother to bead blast them. i prefer gray for calipers, well see how i feel when i reinstall them.
its been a little over a year and finally today i went to install my twin piston calipers. like chuck said once i looked it over i would see where i had to grind. wasnt a lot to remove and it went very well to install. even tho the installation went very well and simple. i had other issues. leaving the calipers in a box in a shed that was subjected to moisture the pistons and calipers corroded and seized once i apply pedal pressure.. so im going to rebuild them. only one piston "popped" out when i went to disassemble them. going to talk to my ole wise father and see if soaking them in brake fliud would help to get them apart. at this point i may just wait and buy cobra calipers and rotors and go 13in. we will see... ill post again once i see if i can get the calipers apart
so i just reinstalled my single piston ones and was back on the road...
i read the sand in the intake a few years ago. i think it started on a honda forum and someone messing with the kid and he went through with it. and it didnt turn out well.
check the PCV valve . if you can blow from the intake side to the lower hose side that is not good. that is letting boost go into the crankcase, thus pressurizing it. motorcraft PCV valve are best to use and not allowing boost pressure into the crank case. a few of us guys are running homemade check valves instead of a PCV valve. i made mine using two threaded barb fittings and a ball bearing and spring. got it all at my local hardware store.
on a side note: i rebuilt mine back in 2007. ive been dealing with a leak in the same area. i replaced the rear main seal and resealed the pan. still leaked. i regret using a remanfactured crankshaft kit. i should have measured everything agian, but didnt. it leaves a few drips when parked.
My Power Probe III i use this on almost a daily basis. finding shorts, opens and loose grounds very quickly. or say you wire up your trailer and want to test it out first, go ahead, has a 8amp circuit breaker that resetable in the tool. you can give the tip either power or ground by a switch or read what your voltage is or if it has a ground. great product. i used my first oen so much that the wires broke inside the outter casing from being mover around so much. i repaired it and bought a new one and used the old one at home.
Here is a shot from a few months ago i did with Erik's and my TC. i was doing a photo shoot for Heather and I's save the dates for our wedding this october .
