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cisco
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From: rushsylvania,ohio,usa
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posted 07-07-2001 12:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cisco   Click Here to Email cisco     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Back again with another plea for help! I switched the drum brakes on our '66 Comet to manual disc brakes. We also put a Lincoln Versaille rear end under it. The problem is this: the car is extremely difficult to push now. When I want to push the car up in the staging lanes, I can hardly move the car forward without help. I am wondering if there is that much drag on the car, how much is it slowing it down going down the strip?
I used a new manual disc dual master cylinder listed for a '67 Fairlane, but I am wondering if the distribution block off the Lincoln is wrong, since it was for power disc brakes. Could that cause a problem in the brakes being too tight? Please help!!!
My wife wants to get back to the drag strip yesterday..... Thanks!
Cisco

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cpmaverick
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posted 07-08-2001 11:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for cpmaverick   Click Here to Email cpmaverick     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Check your emergency brake levers on the Versailles calipers. You might have to wire them up. You also might have a sticking caliper, are they fresh or did you use the old ones?

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TomP
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posted 07-09-2001 02:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for TomP   Click Here to Email TomP     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
could also be the residual pressure valves in the drum brake master cylinder.

I'd use a different master for discs.The aluminum late model Mustang one (94-up) perhaps. You can also remove the residual valves

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