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Cool Cruisers sells a product made by 3M called "Fast and Firm for this. It worked well for me. Sealer, 3M Fast'n Firm

I recently purchased a stock 1972 FJ40 tool box lid. I plan on installing it under the driver's seat of my 73. I plan on building a custom seat bracket/frame since I am currently using seats from a Geo storm and don't have the factory seats or framework any longer. I like the stock look and Land...

Success at last! Today I swapped out the 8" booster for a 9" unit and it made all the difference in the world! Both units were new off the shelf, but I have to wonder if there wasn't something wrong with the first one (8"). I followed the testing procedures I found on the net but wasn't able to...

Took it out to a gravel lot. Hit the brakes hard at 5 mph. barely locks rears, won't lock fronts. With master removed, pedal will travel easily all the way to the floor. Push rod extends quite adequately out of new booster(didn't measure it earlier today when I worked on it). As I say, when a...

I jacked it up so al 4 wheels are off the ground and had my wife push the pedal down while in neutral. I was not able to rotate any of the tires by hand so the pads are contacting the disks.

I messsed around with the length of the push rod for a couple hours today to no avail. Any other ideas? Anyone?

After converting to disc brakes front and rear on my 73 FJ40 and running the stock master and booster for years, I decided an upgrade was in order. So I purchased a dual diaphram 8" booster and a 1 1/8" Wilwood disk brake master (without check valves). I bled the master back into itself until...