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Old 02-12-2017, 06:16 PM   #22
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Re: need some help with disk brake conversion

MASTERBrian,
Yes, I'm more than happy to tell you why I moved the proportioning valve so far forward. I'm Cheap & Lazy! I used ALL of the brake lines and proportioning valve from the donor 73 truck. I didn't have to make my own lines or even cut & reflare them to make everything work out. I did have to slightly tweak the lines to get everything to work. The proportioning valve is in the Factory location for a 73 C-10. I did have to make a mounting bracket for the proportioning valve but I made at work with some left over scrap stainless from my work.

My reasoning for all this is because if I ever needed a proportioning valve, brake line, master cylinder etc., I could go to any parts house or wrecking yard and get one and not have to wait for one to arrive from say a mail order house such as Speedway, RockAuto, Jegs, Summit etc. Again I'm also lazy and didn't have to make my own brake lines even though I have a couple of good tubing benders & a double flaring tool kit. Laziness is the mother of invention.
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