Brake booster color

[jag_mopar]

Can anyone tell me the correct finish for the Brake Booster on a 70 Road Runner? Plated or painted?

thanks

 

[moparmarks]

Depends on which one you have. The Bendix boosters are painted black and the Midland Ross ones are zinc plated. 70B could have either.

 

[jag_mopar]

Can you tell by this old scanned picture otherwise it is burried in a box.

 

[moparmarks]

Thats a Midland Ross.
Bendix the 2-piece housing twist locks togother. Midland Ross has a band.

 

[moparmarks]

Also not sure thats correct for a 70. Thats a M/R single piston. Was it power drum brakes? Disc usually got the Bendix or M/R dual piston.

 

[Propwash]

Looks like the correct Midland Ross PB (kinda hard to tell from the pic), if your car did come factory equipped with power drums. (bendix on the left)

 

[lewtot184]

this is a NOS Midland Ross i found some years back. i've seen black ones also.

 

[jag_mopar]

The car had power drums all around. So zink it is. Thank you

 

[moparmarks]

The Ramman just restored my 65 like yours and my 72 M/R boosters

 

[moparmarks]

this is a NOS Midland Ross i found some years back. i've seen black ones also.

Nice. The black ones are probably remanufactured ones or replacements.

 

[Propwash]

The Ramman just restored my 65 like yours and my 72 M/R boosters

Wayne is a top notch guy! Really knows his stuff........I'd recommend him to anyone

http://www.theramman.com/

 

[moparmarks]

Wayne is a top notch guy! Really knows his stuff........I'd recommend him to anyone

http://www.theramman.com/

Yes he his. We hang together at a few of the shows each year. Been pickin at his brain and suppling him with cores.

 

[jag_mopar]

Thanks for all your input, I found out since I am converting to disc, I will need to bendix model anyway. So the quest begins for a clean core to rebuild.

 

[Propwash]

Thanks for all your input, I found out since I am converting to disc, I will need to bendix model anyway. So the quest begins for a clean core to rebuild.

The Bendix are tough to find and expensive........The ramman "Wayne" sells them. You can find them occasionally on ebay, moparts or places like this.


Best of luck to ya.

 

[ga66mopar]

Thanks for all your input, I found out since I am converting to disc, I will need to bendix model anyway. So the quest begins for a clean core to rebuild.

While the b-body bendix power brake booster is hard to find this booster also came on 66-69 c-bodies. I found mine on a 69 newyorker. The pedal push rod needs to be shorten otherwise it's the same booster. I sent mine to Prior brakes and for about $105 they rebuilt it and put a shorter rod for the b-body. Works great on my 66 belvedere.

http://www.priorreman.com/

 

[jag_mopar]

update

I will be ordering one from NAPA Auto Parts shortly, they say and looks like the correct one from the picture. It is about 140 including the core charge. Lifetime warranty. Add the correct paint and I am done. Since my car had power brakes, I found out that the connecting parts behind the firewall will work.

Hopefully this will work.


http://napaonline.com/Catalog/Result.aspx?Ntt=5473603&Ntk=Keyword&Nty=1&Dn=0&D=5473603&Dk=1&Dp=3&N=0

 

[Propwash]

Since my car had power brakes, I found out that the connecting parts behind the firewall will work.

You are 100% correct Jag...