6 cyl Power Brake Conversion Completed - pics attached

[Rakort]

I finally officially finished up my power brake conversion on my 6 cylinder c10. The job was wrapped up by obtaining the proper air cleaner and getting it painted and installed. Without a doubt finding the air cleaner was the hardest part of the job. Many thanks to members pound41 and Kas68c10 who help me assemble the air cleaner parts and pieces!! The brakes work great now. They are front drum and stop nicely.

One interesting note on this project was the pushrod from the pedal to the booster. Many have trouble with this being too short when converting from manual to power. I have read about people cutting and making the rod longer, people running the adjustable end with only a few threads engaged (scary!!), others with the pedal not coming all the way back up to the rubber stop, etc. My solution was to locate a longer adjustable push rod end (eye) that put that onto the rod that came with the booster. It looks just like the original end except it is about ¾” longer. I forgot what the push rod end came out of, but it was likely an older GM. I recall walking around a yard one day looking under dashes until I found the longer push rod end. Now there is plenty of thread engagement, the pedal comes all the way back up to the rubber stop bumper and nothing had to be cut or cobbled.

Here are a few pics:


Rak