DeTomaso Mailing List: March 1997, Message #173
     



From: Brian P Lerose <bpler@conncoll.edu>

Subject: brakes revisited

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 01:51:35 +0000



Hi everybody,



I just got back to college, where my computer is, after a two week

spring break.  106 pantera emails....WOW !!



I took the advice given to me and I purchased a new brake master

cylinder from PPC.  It was $199 plus $10 for shipping.  It is an

aluminum ford unit with a billet aluminum adaptor to bolt it up to the

booster.  The intructions where confusing as hell.  I would have been

much better off with no instructions at all.  Installation was fairly

simple.  I spent another $4 for brake lines and $45 for a double

flaring kit. I am very satisfied with the fit and look of the new

parts.  I was able to take the car for a test ride and the pedal seems

to be a little stiffer and higher.  The big improvement is that it

always works.  No more having to pump the pedal a few times inorder to

get pressure. While I was at it, I also bled the clutch.  Eventually,

I would like to replace the flexable brake lines with new stainless

ones, maybe next winter.



A friend of mine just gave me a slightly used Big Bore exhaust system

for free!!  This is my next project.



Brian Lerose

Waterbury, CT

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