On my last road trip a couple of weeks ago I was just about home after a great 120 mile loop through some very fun curvy type roads in Southern California. I was exiting the freeway a couple miles from home when my brake pedal suddenly let loose and went almost all the way to the floor. I thought, "Oh $hit" as I approached the stopped cars ahead of me. Fortunately some quick downshifts, the fact that I still had a little brake left at the bottom of the pedal travel, and the light just changed to green I was able to avoid a big problem. Did I mention that my emergency brake isn't installed because I removed it when I restored my engine compartment and have yet to re-install it. I guess that should be next on my to do list.
Anyway, I ordered a new Master Cylinder from Hall. I thought it would be a direct bolt in. When I tried to hook up the 2 brake lines they wouldn't start. The new Master Cylinder came with 2 new brass brake line ends. Does anyone have any experience with the Hall Master Cylinder? I'm guessing that the original Master has metric threads and the new one has American but I'm not sure. Do I have to make new brake lines from scratch and buy a flaring tool, etc…?
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