Hanging Pedals, Minus Ugly

I had always thought it was either/or with pedals; if you wanted hanging you got the underhood clutter of a booster with it. So this picture really stoked me, cause I'd never seen it done. Maybe it's common, I don't know.

Anyone have experience with this and how it's done? I'd really like to give it a try.

 

90 degree mounting of the booster and master, to the right. Most of the aftermarket brake companies offer a set up. I think there are a couple of threads here about home built units and I think some GMC? vans used them.

 

Have a look in a VW Golf, Maybe called a Rabbit in the U.S.

Steve.

 

I've actually got a VW Golf booster and m/cyl setup with the linkages going to the pedal. I'm gonna use it in my '34 Chev under the dash. After a few mods to the linkages it will be a similar setup to the pic you posted.

 

What year golf? You got a picture?

 

Not sure what year but it's from a Mk1. Hold a few minutes then I'll quickly go take a pic and post it.

 

Remember we have right hand drive cars here but I'm quit sure a left hand drive will be a mirror image of this.

The first is the whole setup. The pedal pushes the right hand linkage forward creating a pulling action on the cross link via the bell-crank shown in the second pic. That pulling action of the cross link is in turn translated into a forward pushing action into the booster via the bell-crank shown in the third pic.

 

B series Dodge vans and motorhomes from about 72 and up have that type setup also.

 

Any tech articles on installing this type of set up would be great.

 

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any more pics of custom jobs?

 

Dodge vans from '72 up used a 90' set up. Granted, it was under the hood, but should be usable parts or give you ideas. How common are Dodge vans?
Mike Bynum

 

if you brought an under hood 90degree unit inside under the dash wouldn't that have the master/booster pointed to the left? i wouldn't have much room going that way.

 

Seems like a HORRIBLE idea to me. Leaky M/C on your feet/carpet. Almost impossible to plumb/service. You have to be Houdini to check/add fluid. **** that. I call it "out tricking" yourself. Trying to do something that seems cool, only to prove otherwize in the long run. THINK about it. Seems a high price, and a lot of aggravation to just clean up the firewall a bit.

 

i'm doing a similar thing with my 31 model a pickup. to make it easier to check the fluid and service them i plan on having a removable cowl top piece. so i guess that would make me a Houdini. I call it "Need more room in the cab and don't want em on the firewall. By the way get over yourself.

 

Good advice, i'm over myself now. And let me appologize for voicing my opinion.

 

bell crank is made from a brake pedal, small Datsun booster.

These are used in place of the fluid bottles on the master cylinder,

the remote fill will be placed under the gas cap in the cowl of my 30 pickup, a cowl vent would work. Some later model cars have a fluid level sensor built into the remote fill so if the fluid gets low a warning light comes on.


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Apparently a lot of the cab over type small trucks out of japan have these sort of arrangements too. As for filling the fluids etc I have seen one set up so it could be done via the cowl vent.

 

Or I could just make sure I don't put a piece of **** leaky master cylinder in my truck. The cowl vent on AD trucks would be perfect for filling.

Spark, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

 

Don't let it happen again.