Bob Sykes wrote:
>
> Doug writes:
>
> > Does anyone know what the difference is in the brake lines
> > between the early and late Square tail cars?
> [...]
>
> When the brake m/c went from the "large cap" to the smaller cap
> variety (1976?) all of the fitting sizes changed. Master cyl and
> PDWA (in & out) fittings are all different, as are the tubing bits.
> The latter fittings I believe are metric, but I never measured them.
>
> I was able to fit an early type tandem m/c to '79 Spit by changing
> out everything (m/c, PDWA & tubing sections) above the first set
> of "inline" fittings. Once you get down to the bottom of the
> bulkhead, the "T" fitting (for front brakes) and the "inline"
> fitting (where the single line goes to the back of the car) are
> the same for early & late square tails.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob & '78 Spitfires
> (one of them mine for 21 years)
Bob,
Thanks for the reply. This is what I thought, but couldn't
remember for sure.
Cheers,
--
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ford.com
dmitchel@ismi.net
'73 Spitfire 1500
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