derf Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 The upper was definitely loose. Torque spec on it is 100 ft-lbs. But the driver side is back together. I'm going to hook up the new brake line after I flush the old system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 Passenger side done. Hubs are a greasy mess but at least they're back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 I got the power brake booster lined up. Good news is that it clears everything. Bad news is that I need a boot for the rod. The old manual brakes plugged the hole. That'll be here on Tuesday. If you don't know, vacuum boosters are too tall to fit in the stock location so AMC designed a bracket with a cantilever rod to lower the booster enough to fit under the hood. I also got most of the steering back together. The stabilizer will also be here Tuesday. Lots of little nit picky things to finish. I'm mostly done under the dash. Just have a handful of things to onock out. I may actually be able to fire it up next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLAJeep Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 17 hours ago, derf said: If you don't know, vacuum boosters are too tall to fit in the stock location so AMC designed a bracket with a cantilever rod to lower the booster enough to fit under the hood. Good to know. Where did you pick that up? Our CJ-7 is stock and has no booster, but it doesn't have upgraded brakes either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 2 hours ago, JZLAJeep said: Good to know. Where did you pick that up? Our CJ-7 is stock and has no booster, but it doesn't have upgraded brakes either. I bought an aftermarket kit off ebay. But the brackets put the booster too far forward. I found a used power brake booster bracket off ebay instead. It moves the vacuum booster closer to the firewall so it clears the air cleaner. You will have to bend the brake lines because the master cylinder moves forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLAJeep Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 13 minutes ago, derf said: I bought an aftermarket kit off ebay. But the brackets put the booster too far forward. I found a used power brake booster bracket off ebay instead. It moves the vacuum booster closer to the firewall so it clears the air cleaner. You will have to bend the brake lines because the master cylinder moves forward. Copy. Could probably fab one up at home too, but might be some trial and error to get distances correct. Hmm, probably put this off a while yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 2 minutes ago, JZLAJeep said: Copy. Could probably fab one up at home too, but might be some trial and error to get distances correct. Hmm, probably put this off a while yet. They're not too difficult to find from dedicated CJ parts recyclers. The brackets are like 3/16" steel so not terrible to fabricate but you need some heavy metal working tools. For $60 shipped, I decided to just buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Not a lot of room but everything fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted Saturday at 10:36 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 10:36 PM Had a minor setback. The vacuum booster moves the master cylinder forward. I bent the lines going to the new cylinder and ended up breaking one of them. Ordered a set of replacement lines specifically for the power brake CJ. And a new proportioning valve while I was at it. I got the full line kit but opted to skip doing all of them. Getting the front to back line out is hard. So is the passenger side front. Anyway, got the new lines in and bled. Next step is to try to do a first fire tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted Saturday at 11:50 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:50 PM Sweet! So… when should we do some CJ stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted Saturday at 11:55 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 11:55 PM I still have to run through emissions testing. But I'm down once that's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf Posted 18 hours ago Author Share Posted 18 hours ago The computer needed to self adjust a little and it settled into a pretty smooth running engine. But it's alive again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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