brake masters

[DBXJ]

so heres the interesting problem i have i have a 68 f100 390 2wd manual brakes stepside blah blah blah, the brake master went out and i have another 68 brake master sitting aroudn but heres the problem what came out of the truck was a 67 (as i found out trying to install the new one), whats the diffrence between a 67 and 68 mounting that im not seeing besides the rod being to long?

[fordman]

the rod is the only difference in those two. 67 is shorter than the 68-77 rods.

[DBXJ]

umm then how do i get the rods out of them?

[fordman]

the rod has a clip on the end of it. put the one end of the rod in a vise and grab the master and give it a jerk.

[DBXJ]

ya that thing isnt budging, i bought a adjustable rod from summit (so lucky i live 5min from one LOL) since i figured it will come in handy for my power brake conversion

[fordman]

if you are doing power brakes. the booster comes with the correct lenght rod. all you need is a master with no rod in it to bolt to the booster.

[DBXJ]

well least i have it im just gonna stick with the manual brakes till i get some money togetehr, im still trying to get the old rod out of there its not budging an inch

[fordman]

spray it down with pb blaster inside where rod goes in

[DBXJ]

its the clip holding it in the new master thats the problem been feing with it for a while and it isnt giving i think i may have to disassble the master to get it out

[fordman]

to dissasemmble the master i think the rod has to come out. did you peel back the rubber boot and look in there? it is a snap ring that holds the piston into the back of the master. and the rod snaps into that piston.

[DBXJ]

from what i can see there is a clip on teh push rod its self im trying to figure out how to get it out but my picks are down at the shop

[fordman]

heres what it looks liek with no rod in it. it is a smooth bore inside of there. from what i could see.

[DBXJ]

theres a lip in the bottom of that your not seeing, i know this becuase i got the pushrd out of the old one now im messing with the neew one its alot tighter then the olderone so im not sure if i can get it out

[fordman]

it was hard fo rme too se in there. i wandt sure if it had a recessed place or not. i always though there was but never really looked.