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Old 07-27-2011, 08:03 PM
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ok I've been doing a lot of research on this project, I am ALMOST complete on my braking system, but I have just one question about it. I understand that on 87-93 stangs you gut the front part of the proportioning valve, but my car is a little different than on those years. I don't have a cap on the rear of it, just a front cap. I also read that when removing the front cap, a spring is suppose to want to press the cap off. I pulled it off thinking I may as well go ahead and gut it, but no spring was pressing the cap. So I am wondering, do I still need to gut my valve? I have the adjustable valve in place, but haven't done any tweaking just yet, I'd rather know what to do about this part first. I also have an SVO master cylinder installed, so whats left? I also saw it say use a 13/16s wrench, mine was 19mm. Also if I do need to do this, anyone know of a cheap plug to use? The ford racing one is ridiculously priced
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Yes you'll still need to gut the combination valve even though you have the Adjustable Proportioning Valve.
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthre...rtioning+valve

Even though the plug is over priced no one has ever found any sort of replacement plug to use in it's place.

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Old 07-28-2011, 11:07 AM
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thats what I was thinking, thanks for the info. I've seen some people say they'll just tig weld the hole, hopefully I can find someone that has one. That, or just cut the valve out entirely, it looks like it becomes useless after this process anyway other than providing a T. Thanks for the info
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