66 Dart master cylinder replacement

Started ripping into the brakes on my '66 Cuda today. Ran into a couple of hitches . . . first of all the brake peddle push rod was stuck in the old master cylinder so had to unbolt it from the brake peddle to get the old MC out. Put the dang thing in the vice and after some good hammer blows it still wouldnt come out, ended up having to use a cut off wheel on the MC piston and split it in half to free up that push rod. Ugg . . . old cars . . .

Second bit of fun was taking the old brake lines out of the original distribution block in prep for the duel res master cyl distribution block from year one. Just an FYI . . . the mounting bracket from the year one block is backwards. I used a grinder and carefully ground down the brass that holds the mounting bracket in place, popped it off and flipped it around. It seems to hold strong but maybe a little JB weld will be in order just to be safe. I'll try to get some photos of what I'm talking about incase anyone else has the same issue.

Going to hook up the lines and finish the new MC install tomorrow. . . . old brake lines suck