quick stock brake m/c question

[danheit]

Holy crap that was an ordeal getting the master cylinder off! Started at 2pm, finished at 5. Took some off the wall tools, standard wrenches and metric wrenches (for the rounded off bolts), a sledge hammer, a ball peen hammer, channel locks, a line wrench, a breaker bar and other assorted tools and a conundrum of foul language. I still have no idea how to separate the brake pedal from the m/c arm. I know that there is a 3/4" bolt that holds the two together, which I have removed, but it appears that one is pressed into the other. I am exhausted, but the m/c is at least out of the truck. Once I got it into the vice, I was able to get it broken down with the help of more big tools, a sledge hammer and a 1 1/2 inch drive (yes, big one) socket set. Got it all pulled down and was able to find gobs and gobs of crud in the m/c bore. It appears that a good bit of the brake system has been recently worked on as several metal lines were in surprisingly good shape, some still with the paper tags on them, and the rear wheel cylinders are new. I'm still going to replace all the lines, and take my chances with the wheel cylinders once I get it back together. It doesn't appear that the bore on the m/c is pitted at this time, but time will certainly tell. It was time to come in and get cleaned up before the wife and kids came back home. Unfortunately, this was a driveway job, not a garage job, so it will sit where it is for a little while longer.