1great40
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Hello all, first post for me.
I have a 40 Ford pickup that I built on an 86 Ranger chassis. The chassis had manual brakes. When I built the truck I put in a new manual brake master cylinder, all new lines, hoses and new wheel cylinders. The calipers, rotors and drums seemed fine so I kept them. I do not recall seeing a proportioning valve when I took the original truck apart, so there was none installed when I put the '40 truck together.
After a few days of driving the truck, the brakes required an awful lot of footpower to stop the thing. So for my next trick, I installed a "Corvette style" street rod master and dual diaphragm 7" booster and a GM style proportioning valve.
The brakes are so-so. Not bad at all for everyday driving but in panic situations, I really have to stand on these things to get the job done. The truck has a fiberglass cab and fenders and I'm running a 4.3 TBI Chevy V6. I think weight wise, It's probably not much different than a V6 Ranger.
Now I'm considering trying a Ranger MC, booster and pedal arm for a power brake setup, in an effort to get rid of any trace of my home grown brake engineering.
Does an 86 Ranger have a proportioning valve? Also, I have 2 other Rangers in the family, a 98 and a 2000. Can I install parts for a newer Ranger with the 86 drums and disk set up?
And, I'm guessing that sourcing a pedal arm for an 86 with power brakes may be a tall order. If anyone has information or guidance I would appreciate it.
I have a 40 Ford pickup that I built on an 86 Ranger chassis. The chassis had manual brakes. When I built the truck I put in a new manual brake master cylinder, all new lines, hoses and new wheel cylinders. The calipers, rotors and drums seemed fine so I kept them. I do not recall seeing a proportioning valve when I took the original truck apart, so there was none installed when I put the '40 truck together.
After a few days of driving the truck, the brakes required an awful lot of footpower to stop the thing. So for my next trick, I installed a "Corvette style" street rod master and dual diaphragm 7" booster and a GM style proportioning valve.
The brakes are so-so. Not bad at all for everyday driving but in panic situations, I really have to stand on these things to get the job done. The truck has a fiberglass cab and fenders and I'm running a 4.3 TBI Chevy V6. I think weight wise, It's probably not much different than a V6 Ranger.
Now I'm considering trying a Ranger MC, booster and pedal arm for a power brake setup, in an effort to get rid of any trace of my home grown brake engineering.
Does an 86 Ranger have a proportioning valve? Also, I have 2 other Rangers in the family, a 98 and a 2000. Can I install parts for a newer Ranger with the 86 drums and disk set up?
And, I'm guessing that sourcing a pedal arm for an 86 with power brakes may be a tall order. If anyone has information or guidance I would appreciate it.