[Amc-list] Power brakes to manual brakes on 81 Concord - couple questions

["oldcars@xxxxxxxxx" <oldcars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey gang, 

    I have finally got around to moving on the 81 Concord, which has a bad
clutch master cylinder and slave cylinder. 

    I got the slave cylinder just fine, but the remote reservoir style of
clutch master cylinder is no longer available. Everyone seems only to have
the kind with the reservoir attached.

    It looks like that style, which I have already bought, will work fine
on my car, with one modification. The clutch master cylinder is right under
the brake booster, and that means that if I remove the brake booster and
convert the car to manual brakes, it should all fit. 

    I checked and found that the master cylinder is the same part for power
brakes and manual brakes, so I should be OK there.

    I found how to remove the booster (4 studs go through the firewall and
the nuts are inside under the dash behind the brake pedal), so that should
be fine.

    Now, the 2 points I could not find anywhere:

1) The push rod which bolts up to the pedal - is that the same for manual
and power brakes, or do I need to hunt one down?

2) The mounting point for the master cylnder. The cylinder itself has only
2 bolts, where the booster has 4 bolts. Are there 2 which I would use for
mounting the cylinder? Do I need to get some kind of mounting plate to
provide the 2 bolts/studs?

   The brake lines on my cylinder mount on the fender side. Does anyone
have a car of a similar vintage with manual brakes, and if so, can you
confirm that your master cylinder has the brake lines connecting on the
fender side? I checked on an 82 Eagle and on an 84 Eagle and those both
have a different booster (thicker but smaller diameter) and the master
cylinder connects to the brake lines on the engine side. 

Thanks!

Jim

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