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barrysmgb
barry strugnell

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12/24/2010 12:57PM

Main British Car:
mgb htob or push pull stock pedal and master cyl
Posted by: barrysmgb
Date: December 26, 2010 03:46PM

302/t5 can i use stock master cyl and pedal which hyd sys is most popular to use one $50 other $150 want to use best option thanks barry


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
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10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: mgb htob or push pull stock pedal and master cyl
Posted by: rficalora
Date: December 26, 2010 04:07PM

Hi Barry, I have the stock MC and an external push type slave from a Toyota truck. Simple bracket and a couple of holes through existing tabs on the tranny. Don't have my notes with me to remember the year range but it must be a pretty common part. Was only about $20 as I recall. Also, bleed valve points up so easy to bleed. I got the info from Joe Shafer if memory serves.


ex-tyke
Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
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10/25/2007 11:17AM

Main British Car:
1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: mgb htob or push pull stock pedal and master cyl
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: December 26, 2010 06:53PM

Rob's solution is preferable over a HTOB setup. HTOB's are expensive, more prone to setup & overtravel issues and failure and require pulling the xsmn to repair when they do fail.
A 3/4" bore slave with the std 3/4" bore MGB master makes a suitable installation.
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Joe Schafer
Central Michigan
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10/23/2007 06:46AM

Main British Car:
1971 Mgb 1991 5.0 Ford

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Re: htob vs push pull stock mgb master cyl?
Posted by: MGB SS
Date: December 26, 2010 10:42PM

Barry
I used the stock master cylinder with a push type slave cylinder, with my 302/t5.

If you look at my How it Was Done there are pictures of the set up. Also I think there has been several discussions on this subject you mite do a search

You could get a lot of info by looking at all of the 302/5.0 conversions in the How It Was Done articles


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4577 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: htob vs push pull stock mgb master cyl?
Posted by: Moderator
Date: December 26, 2010 11:03PM

The search box at the top of the page is your friend. It will help you find the articles Pete Mantell wrote about MGB/302 conversions, plus articles based on his tech sessions at our annual meets. There's also an article specifically about an MGB-302 slave cylinder installation, written by Dale Spooner. Lots and lots of articles are listed in this table of contents: [www.britishv8.org] (which you can always get back to by selecting "Searchable Archive" in the Magazine pull-down menu.)


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