[Healeys] Girling Break Servo vs. Lockheed

Greg Mandas gmandas at yahoo.com
Sat May 22 06:00:15 MDT 2010


All,

The 65 BJ8 I purchased last March sat in a barn seizing up for the last 30 years. The good news is, the car is original.  The bad news is, the car is original. The owner did just enough restoration to sell it. That's not to say it was road worthy at the time. He had the brake cylinders redone, but not the servo. I have been driving the car and the brakes function, but without power assist.

My mechanic (for all the things I wont', can't or shouldn't do) suggests replacing the master cylinder with an earlier model with a smaller bore. "It increases brake pressure to where you don't need a servo."

My local British parts guy says I should drop in a Lockheed. "It's safest and by the way you need $100 bracket to make it fit."

I'd like to have the original Girling rebuilt, but both guys tell me it's not a good idea. They don't know of anyone who can do the job right and  independently steered me away from the place I found.

My restoration philosophy is to stay as original as possible unless prohibited by safety, cost or practicality. 

What do y'all think?

Greg

65 BJ8.


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