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Originally Posted by greazzer
The brackets are held in place by 2 x 13mm nuts each side. The removal of the brake booster is a PITA since you have to remove the 4x 10mm nuts down under the dash at the brake pedal assembly. The 17 or 19mm nuts on the upper control arms are pretty accessable. The battery tray could be a PITA if the bolts have rusted into nubs. They are 10mm. Overall, I have removed 4 SBs and excluding the engine rocking backwards, I think it's about an hour. Of course, junk yard cars are not treated with all the love we do our DDs but without brutalizing the donor, it's still ez pezy. Our weather is still not so hot today. Overcast and very damp. poop.
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One thing I will add, is to remove the clip and pin from the Brake Booster rod to the brake lever first. then the 4 13mm nuts under the dash at the firewall. the top left is a hard one to get to. remove the CC silver box, one 10mm bolt, use an extension and come in from the right of the Brake Lever. I use a 1/4" socket/ratchet.
In PNP I just snip off the brake lines to the master Cylinder with a small pair of bolt cutters. then pull the MC and booster out together.
The last front bar I tried to remove, some idiot removed the transmission, and this let the engine rock back towards the firewall. being in PNP couldn`t find a Jack. so ended up leaving it.
I found that removing the Valve Cover gave me room on one I pulled. If you are careful and the plastic splash shields are brittle and crumbly, you might be able to save them.
Charlie