[Mg-t] dual brake system

[Charlie Baldwin]

I agree that it would certainly not be the first safety upgrade that I 
would make and probably never do it.  The single thing that I've done to 
the brakes on my TD that makes a large difference is to convert to front 
disc brakes.  It was a night and day conversion and I had the 
intermediate step of having MGA 1500 drum brakes on it for many years 
which were better than the stock brakes.  When I converted to MGA 1600 
disc brakes I went from driving on eggs, leaving large spaces between 
the car ahead and me to driving it like my everyday car.  Actually the 
large spaces ahead only encouraged other drivers to pull out in front of 
me making it even less safe.
You can also convert a TD using MGB front discs, but it is more 
difficult.  Either conversion is easiest if you also convert to wire 
wheels which I did.
Charlie

John F. Quilter wrote:
> I would tend to agree with the nay sayers about converting an MGTD to 
> a dual brake system.  The modifications whatever they are will 
> introduce new and unproven engineering that may in itself have its own 
> problems and reliability issues.  Just stay with your stock system, 
> make sure your hoses are in good shape and check the brake fluid level 
> every so often to verify no slow loss of fluid from a wheel cylinder 
> or master cylinder.
>
> John F. Quilter
> Brisbane, California
>
>
>
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>> In a message dated 4/19/2010 2:37:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
>> richard.kleihorst at yahoo.com writes:
>>> Has  anyone ever modified a TD to a dual brake  system?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>>
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