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Ford E350 Master Cylinder swap in ZJ

Written by Brentt Blair, pictures by Brentt Blair

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Here is the 86 E350 MC and the 88 XJ booster mated together and installed in my 93 ZJ.

 


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Here is the ZJ MC. Notice how the pushrod is part of the MC via some kind of funky tube. It is part of the MC and not removable without a bunch of work.

 

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Here is the ZJ booster. Notice how there is no pushrod sticking out the end. It is a funky setup with a short nub of a rod inside. The XJ booster mounts right up with no modification to the old ZJ spot. Even attached to the pedal exactly the same way.

 

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Here is the XJ MC. It looks just like the E350 setup. However the mounting holes on the E350 need to be drilled out to 9/16 and a hair shaved off the outside of the ear.

 

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Here are the SOA YJ lines I used to get a bunch more leangth. Even at full droop with no shocks they are WAY long.....

 

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Here is the Part Number of the E350 MC. 25 bucks!

 

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Here is the joining of the two front lined and it totally bypasses all the ABS junk. I am not running a proportioning valve either since I want my brakes working about 50/50 anyway.

bamblair@gci.net for any comments, questions or flames.