Wilwood Adjustable Proportioning Valve Install
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Wilwood Adjustable Proportioning Valve Install
Wilwood Brake Proportioning Valves 260-11179
The only line i'll have to re-flare is the big one on the bottom for Rear line. Mine was a M14x1.5 and I could not find a way to get that to what I need.
I found a M12x1.0 Bubble that was also 6mm line size.
Master cylinder sizes
Front: 11x1.5mm
Rear: 12x1.0mm
Factory Proportioning valve sizes:
Front: 10x1.0mm
Front: 10x1.0mm
Rear: 14x1.5mm
I'll follow up with install pics.
The only line i'll have to re-flare is the big one on the bottom for Rear line. Mine was a M14x1.5 and I could not find a way to get that to what I need.
I found a M12x1.0 Bubble that was also 6mm line size.
Master cylinder sizes
Front: 11x1.5mm
Rear: 12x1.0mm
Factory Proportioning valve sizes:
Front: 10x1.0mm
Front: 10x1.0mm
Rear: 14x1.5mm
I'll follow up with install pics.
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Awesome! I always had plans on putting it in the wheel well to clean up the bay more
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Is it adjustable like the ones on a NASCAR Cup Car? If so plumb it inside the car like the cup cars so you could do some awesome burnouts??
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Are you going to mount yours in place of or in front of your existing prop valve?
I'm needing to do the exact same thing, but was wondering about just removing the factory prop valve.
I'm needing to do the exact same thing, but was wondering about just removing the factory prop valve.
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Where did you find those adapter hard lines and unions at? Im doing the manual brake master cylinder conversion and was needing to do some plumbing too.
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Autozone... you can take any of those part numbers and any parts store can do a cross.
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I thought the line going to the rear brakes was a bigger diameter than what is going to the 2 front lines? Would there be any difference in braking if I switched to 3/16 going to my rear end? I'm having a really hard time finding adapters for that 6mm rear brake tube, and would like to get those adapter lines pictured above. I think the metric rear line is closer to1/4" IIRC.
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I thought the line going to the rear brakes was a bigger diameter than what is going to the 2 front lines? Would there be any difference in braking if I switched to 3/16 going to my rear end? I'm having a really hard time finding adapters for that 6mm rear brake tube, and would like to get those adapter lines pictured above. I think the metric rear line is closer to1/4" IIRC.
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I don't think your adapter lines for front brakes will work. The front brake lines have M10-1.5 nuts with metric bubble flares. The adapters you chose are Asian style M10-1.5 nuts with SAE inverted flare. Not compatible types.
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The parts i used adapted just fine with no leaks. I have raced the car in autocross and road coarse right after the mod with very very hard braking and no problems or leaks. I have also been driving car all over town and no problems or leaks.
Believe me, I checked... Brakes are something you don't want to loose while approaching a corner with a brick wall at the turn.
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I hooded up the 2 wires with my 1 wire and it is not right. When I push the brakes the "Brake" light comes on. I've not done anything yet to fix it. I just assume if the light don't come on then there is a problem... I will fix it in time, unless somebody already knows the answer.
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Here are some install pics. Keep in mind I am not trying to win any shows. I did another autocross this weekend and again no brake leaks.
FYI: The wire is to keep my plug wires away from headers. Been like that for 15 years.
FYI: The wire is to keep my plug wires away from headers. Been like that for 15 years.
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Memphis... The RoadCoarse has a 90 turn into the staging area for drag track... There are tires there but a nice wall behind it...
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There has been a National F-body event here the past 3 years. Road Course, AutoCross and DragRace.. It is a blast and everybody is really good time. IMO it is better than Atlanta becuse you hang out and have fun in your car.
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Re: Wilwood Adjustable Proportioning Valve Install
I hooded up the 2 wires with my 1 wire and it is not right. When I push the brakes the "Brake" light comes on. I've not done anything yet to fix it. I just assume if the light don't come on then there is a problem... I will fix it in time, unless somebody already knows the answer.
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I'm also changing out the MC for a strange unit and and removing the vac canister too to make space for 3" exhaust.
Will post back what I finally do.
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Re: Wilwood Adjustable Proportioning Valve Install
These are the fittings I used. Still having some trouble with slow leaks only at the Wilwood prop valve.
Not enough to make me stop driving but enough to be annoying. I think the tube nuts are bottoming before sealing (meaning the Wilwood inserts aren't formed right), I plan to grind down the tube nuts a bit sometime in the future.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...ml#post6083021
Not enough to make me stop driving but enough to be annoying. I think the tube nuts are bottoming before sealing (meaning the Wilwood inserts aren't formed right), I plan to grind down the tube nuts a bit sometime in the future.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...ml#post6083021
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If you are looking for adapters for the body lines, Edelmann Plews makes the following:
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
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If you are looking for adapters for the body lines, Edelmann Plews makes the following:
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
I still have not had any issues, leaks or anything with the setup I did 3 years ago so I am not going to touch mine.
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Good deal..!! I wish i would have seen those adapters back in 2014. It looks like a generic picture on there website. Please, post some pics of all your parts -like it did- before installation and after.
I still have not had any issues, leaks or anything with the setup I did 3 years ago so I am not going to touch mine.
I still have not had any issues, leaks or anything with the setup I did 3 years ago so I am not going to touch mine.
I want to chase the threads on the fittings and measure for engagement depth to make sure they aren't going to leak before taking pictures but once that is done, I'll try to remember to do a writeup with some pictures. The specs say these pieces should work but we'll see how well they actually fit.
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If you are looking for adapters for the body lines, Edelmann Plews makes the following:
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines.
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line.
These fittings match up to the factory fitting sizes I've found online for our 1988 GTA. I'm going to use these for the body lines out of the prop valve and use the adapter lines listed in the first post above to go from the master cylinder to the prop valve. I haven't installed these yet but will be test fitting all the adapter fittings this weekend for fit and depth to seal. Then when I pull the master cylinder and prop valve out of the car, I can test fit to the brake lines.
http://www.plews-edelmann.com/adapte...andard-262015/
I think it matters right?
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Beater do you know if that #262015 is for a 6mm line? I don't see on their website that it is or not
http://www.plews-edelmann.com/adapte...andard-262015/
I think it matters right?
http://www.plews-edelmann.com/adapte...andard-262015/
I think it matters right?
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I'm not clear using a 262015 to adapt between the factory 6mm rear pipe with 14mx1.5 bubble flare nut into the rear out port 3/8-24 double flare in the 260-11179 will work b/c the 262015 has that neck for bubble flare but the PV is double flare in the rear out port.
I've found the other parts locally so I'm down to deciding if I have to cut the rear pipe and reflare. But I'm stuck on that 6mm size nut so thanks for working thru this.
Maybe I'm missing something tho...
I've found the other parts locally so I'm down to deciding if I have to cut the rear pipe and reflare. But I'm stuck on that 6mm size nut so thanks for working thru this.
Maybe I'm missing something tho...
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Since the tube doesn't go through the Edelmann adapter, I'm not sure what your concern is about the 6mm tube. The factory tube and nut thread into the adapter with the tube bottoming out inside the adapter on the metric bubble end of the adapter. The adapter then threads into the 3/8x24 inverted flare port on the prop valve. The tube never touches the prop valve. My concern is, is the adapter tall enough to bottom out in the prop valve and seal for no leaks. I need to get a little more info from Wilwood to measure for that.
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If you flare a 6 mm line then you need a tube nut for 6 mm line. A 1/4" line is a little bit larger diameter and you can use tube nuts for 1/4" lines, or drill out the 6 mm tube nut and use it again with the 1/4" line. Unfortunately, the 6 mm line is a little too small to make it flare properly with common tube nuts for 1/4" line. This is why most people change over to 1/4" line when they redo rear brake lines.
But as Beater79TA points out, adapters screw onto the existing fittings and don't require redoing the original brake lines (other then bending). The parts I posted do require you to make new brake lines and do your own flares, which can turn out to be a PITA.
But as Beater79TA points out, adapters screw onto the existing fittings and don't require redoing the original brake lines (other then bending). The parts I posted do require you to make new brake lines and do your own flares, which can turn out to be a PITA.
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OK Beater so what I'm getting is that you will put that 262015 adapter with the neck designed for bubble flare into the inverted flare end of the rear out port on the Wilwood PV and hope it does not leak. I did not think you could get away with forcing different seats against each other or if the seats don't meet would the threads not leak.
I'm circling back around to post #1 and doing what cooter says. Just have to practice a couple bubble flares before doing the real thing. Thanks for lining that up cooter.
I'm circling back around to post #1 and doing what cooter says. Just have to practice a couple bubble flares before doing the real thing. Thanks for lining that up cooter.
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OK Beater so what I'm getting is that you will put that 262015 adapter with the neck designed for bubble flare into the inverted flare end of the rear out port on the Wilwood PV and hope it does not leak. I did not think you could get away with forcing different seats against each other or if the seats don't meet would the threads not leak.
I'm still not certain what your concern is with the adapter. The flare types match. The sizes are correct for the hard line and the prop valve.
Now that I know the fitting needs to be 0.300 inches tall on the threaded side to seal into the prop valve I'm ready to take some measurements and test fit the adapters.
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My build at
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...ml#post6148885
post #102 has the final results of what I went with.
Thanks again for all the feedback!
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...ml#post6148885
post #102 has the final results of what I went with.
Thanks again for all the feedback!
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These are the fittings I used. Still having some trouble with slow leaks only at the Wilwood prop valve.
Not enough to make me stop driving but enough to be annoying. I think the tube nuts are bottoming before sealing (meaning the Wilwood inserts aren't formed right), I plan to grind down the tube nuts a bit sometime in the future.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...ml#post6083021
Not enough to make me stop driving but enough to be annoying. I think the tube nuts are bottoming before sealing (meaning the Wilwood inserts aren't formed right), I plan to grind down the tube nuts a bit sometime in the future.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...ml#post6083021
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I ordered a 262015 blindly to use with my willwood prop valve and it appears to be the inverse of what I need... the female matches the female port on the prop valve... maybe they sent me the wrong part, the one I ordered from summit was back ordered so I bought this one on ebay...
**Edit** looks like they sent me a 262000
**Edit** looks like they sent me a 262000
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so where can you buy 262015 I can't seem to find it anywhere... ordered from summit a month ago and they keep moving the ship date back.
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I am going to resurrect this thread in hopes to gain some information. I am installing a Willwood proportioning valve and followed this thread to get the following adaptors for the outlnes. I ordered them from Summit.
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines. (Backorder)
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line. (Delivered)
Is there other options for shorter lines out of the Master cylinder- 8" listed for PAA-Y311 and PAA-B312? I suppose cut them shorter and flare them.
PN 262010 10x1 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 2 of these for the front brake lines. (Backorder)
PN: 262015 14x1.5 metric bubble to 3/8x24 inverted flare adapter. You need 1 of these for the rear brake line. (Delivered)
Is there other options for shorter lines out of the Master cylinder- 8" listed for PAA-Y311 and PAA-B312? I suppose cut them shorter and flare them.
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