7.5 to 8.8 master cyl ?

[hillhippie]

I did the 8.8 upgrade and the 7.5 Master cyl is not holding up to the swap??, I took the 7.5 and 8.8 masters to 3 different auto parts stores and they wore happy to scratch there heads and look at me funny.

I do my upgrades so they can-be put back the way they wore before I started(if need-be),so the problem is,

"trying to find adapters to go from the male fittings on the ranger to the females on the explorer master" without putting new flare fittings on the ranger side??????.

What did You do?????

Thanks for any help in this mater of masters

 

[RangerSVT]

Are you using a disc 8.8 or drum? If its a drum then your stock mc will work fine...if disc then you need the ex mc plus the proportioning valve...

SVT

 

[hillhippie]

Its the 8.8 disc brake out a 96 explorer

 

[custom '90 ranger]

or you can get a master cyl. from a 95 explorer without a proportioning valve because the proportioning valve is built into the master cyl. and then you just bypass your factory proportioning valve and its a direct replacement or at least it was on my 90 cause i just finished my swap two days ago

if you need any more help man just shoot me a p.m. and i will give you my number and i will help you out however i can

Lucas

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

From what I have found all you need is a a Ranger RABS or Explorer Master.

http://www.therangerstation.com/Mag...g_your_Ranger_8.8_to_Explorer_disc_brakes.htm

 

[hillhippie]

my Ranger master cyl has ASE fittings and the Explorer master I hand got has metric fittings; but Ill go and check more Explorer master cyl's, might-be that "ABS" junk.

Im just trying not to double flair Explorer fittings on the Ranger so I or anyone in the future can("easily") put the Truck back to stock if so desired.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Post back with your findings, I am going to be going down that road soon.

I checked my truck (which is a hodge-podge of parts) and it has male fittings that screw into the master cylinder... so is it that the ports on the MC are female or male?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I don't know if anyone makes such an adapter. I would buy the ends I need and attach them to a short piece of tube. Coil the tube into a circle to avoid stress cracks at the ends of the tube.
Good luck,

Richard

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have been doing research for mine since I am getting really close to doing it.

The stock plastic resevoir should work fine, most of the problems seem to arise when people switch around the rear calipers so the bleeders are on the bottom and they can't get all the air out of the system.

Somewhere I stumbled apoun a thread that someone mentioned that they switched from ASE to metric somewhere around 1995-1996.

 

[hillhippie]

I when ahead and put the Explorer flair fittings on and "vala",peddles up,doesn't get mushy and go 3/4's ways to the floorboard.

The stock 88 ranger master cyl just wasn't good enough and I got tried of looking for adapters. good luck!!!!!!!!!