A year or so ago, someone from here or on the Facebook side mentioned a shop that completely restores original brake boosters and master cylinders. I looked into it, evern exchanged communications with the business and now I've lost track of who it was. Suggestions based on experience would be great.
Booster Dewey in OR for the booster, and Brake & Equipment Warehouse in MN for the m/c.
Quote from: Floyd on September 26, 2019, 05:15:50 PM
Booster Dewey in OR for the booster, and Brake & Equipment Warehouse in MN for the m/c.
I used Dewey also, very nice people , but I used White post for the master cylinder.... both reasonable
https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-rebuilding-services/
I just got a MC rebuilt from White Post. Lifetime guarantee
May I ask how much that cost? I went to the web site but there was no pricing info. Thx. :cheers:
$175.00
Thank you, sir! :cheers:
I second both mentioned above -
Booster Dewey did my TA booster - $175
Brake Equipment Warehouse in MN did the master, I think it was $219?
What is the contact info for Booster Dewey?
Just Google "Booster Dewey Exchange".
Quote from: Ric on September 26, 2019, 06:09:57 PM
Quote from: Floyd on September 26, 2019, 05:15:50 PM
Booster Dewey in OR for the booster, and Brake & Equipment Warehouse in MN for the m/c.
I used Dewey also, very nice people , but I used White post for the master cylinder.... both reasonable
https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-rebuilding-services/
Same here. Very happy with both companies.
I took my booster to advanced auto parts and they sent it to cardone and they sent it to mexico and then back. they completly rebuilt mine because there was no cores available.
my issue was i could not get a firm price before hand on the cost. i thought it would be the price advanced lists on there web site. NOT it came back and they said $275.00 i SAID WHAT?
i bitched enough they knocked the price down to 200.00 they said they only made $20.00 on it.
Your lucky you even got it back from them! Scary sending things out, especially if it can't be replaced.
Quote from: Rich G. on October 17, 2019, 06:30:11 PM
Your lucky you even got it back from them! Scary sending things out, especially if it can't be replaced.
Dewey did mine and came out great.
He may of lost the election to Truman but he still knows his $hit. :haha:
Thank you all. Looks like Booster Dewey for sure. MC decision forthcoming.
Brake and Equipment Warehouse did my master cylinder, Proportioning valve and calipers. Brad was great to work with, communicated well and completed everything ontime and on budget. I was very specific since all my parts were date coded including the original front calipers from Kelsy hayes. Brad kept track of everything and he had all the hard to find component parts and pistons. They packed everything extremely well and I got all parts back. Very pleased with there work and consideration. I took my brake booster to Karps in California. Its date coded as well and I wasn't connecting very well with booster dewey - nothing negative I just kept getting voice mail. Brake and Equipment has there own third party but they have to ship to Ohio to do the booster. Jury is out on Karp's but he had the hard to find 70 Diaphragm for the bendix and he was local.
Booster "Exchange"... they have boosters ready to go in exchange for yours (common ones anyway) or they R&R?
Quote from: Burdar on October 09, 2019, 10:57:38 AM
Just Google "Booster Dewey Exchange".
Looks good :bigthumb: . They replace the valve as part of the job? What is the smaller vacuum port on the valve for? What about the plastic collar and seal that is on the firewall side? I assume they do install a new rubber boot on the firewall side. Here is mine; I could not find any identifying numbers on it anywhere and maybe there are not supposed to be any :notsure:
I know... twenty questions :haha:
Quote from: Burdar on May 22, 2020, 11:35:53 AM
They will rebuild your original one and send it back.
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Quote from: Burdar on May 23, 2020, 05:44:36 AM
Please soak your wiring bracket in EvapoRust. See if there is any trace of black paint when it comes out. Mine was rusted to nothing and I had to buy a reproduction. I painted mine black but I wonder if it's supposed to be bare metal on a plated booster. If it was painted, you'll see black paint on it after it's dipped in EvapoRust.
That's a great question Darren, I've always wondered that too... :thinking:
What do they do if your booster is heavily pitted ? Years ago I had a plating company just sand blast it and re-plate it and it looked terrible. :dunno:
They don't do anything about the pitting. Either find a nicer front half to send or you could try sanding out some of the lighter ones yourself.
Quote from: Burdar on May 23, 2020, 05:52:48 AM
They don't do anything about the pitting. Either find a nicer front half to send or you could try sanding out some of the lighter ones yourself.
Yea, that's pretty much the norm I guess...the guy that did the last one for me, charged me extra to sand and actually polish out the pits before plating it...it turned out real nice.
This is the one from my 70 RT. Every reason to believe it's the original, but may have been resprayed. I briefly hit the front of it with the wire wheel to see if color was under it and it appears not. Also the upper back appears to be factory finish.
Kevin
This is great info ! :worship:
Been trying to contact the Booster Exchange by phone but get answering machine that says they are open but no leave message for call-back option. :huh: They have a FB page with messaging but no reply even though message appears to be "seen". Anyone deal with them over the phone lately??
:wrenching:
They're currently working on a booster for my 70. They just left me a message saying they had it and the process was beginning.
I have used the Ram Man Inc for years with good success.
Just had two MC/Booster combos rebuilt in the last six months. Kate runs the office and provides timely feedback. They will also help you if you want to make your set up factory exact, by getting you the right pieces.
Turn around time was about a month each. You do get your pieces back, not substituted ...unless you wanted to buy one of their units to be factory correct.