i just put on a new master cylinder on my 73 about a week ago. to put the brake switch back follow these steps. make sure that the bushing is on the metal rod on the brake pedal. next slide your rod from your master cylinder onto the rod on the brake pedal. here comes the tricky part. one side of your brake switch should have an open end like an upside down "c". slide that end onto the rod on the brake pedal. it should go on the passenger side of the master cylinder rod. then you will have to pull the other side of the brake switch( the side closest to the driver door) to where it clears the end of the rod on the brake pedal. push that onto the rod of the brake pedal. NOTE: the rod from the master cyl. should be between the two sides of the brake switch. finally put on the plastic washer then install the pin into the rod of the brake pedal. in order to do this you must get on your back and slide your head under the dash. it will be hard but just keep on trying. if you have any questions just pm me.
Take the front seat out to do this, it's much better to work on it this way, only 4 nuts to remove the seat
AMEN. I'm a little guy, but even I about break my back trying to lay under the dash without taking the seat out.
Yep, I was planning on doing that anyways since I gotta pull out the front half of the carpet to clean out the brake fluid swamp in my drivers side floor. It's kinda like the okefenokee swamp, just on a smaller scale with a smell thats more ... industrial ...
While the carpet is out, you may want to clean up the floor pans and put some paint down on the metal. Brake fluid makes a great paint remover. Even though the exposed metal is on the interior of the car, you should still get something down on it to protect the newly bared metal (if the brake fluid got through the carpet and attacked the paint). Otherwise you're inviting rust to come and have dinner on your floors. A little cleanup and paint is better than fighting rust down the road. My $0.02 worth, Joe
My floors already have some surface rust here and there. If I have to replace them down the road then so be it, their like swiss cheese where a previous owner drilled so many holes in them for the 50 diffrent kinds of seats he had in the car over the years.
