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1968 Brake booster question

Discussion in '1965-1970 Shelby Mustang GT350 & GT500' started by kevingt500, Apr 11, 2008.

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    What is the dfference between the Bendix brake booster and the Midland brake booster? Just curious as to which cars got which one and why. I am in the process of replacing mine but couldn't find much info other than checking what is in the car.
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    It was just a different suppler to different plant/times thing. If its got the band around it, its the Midland.
     
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    I knew the one with a band was a Midland. I was just curious if cars that had front disc brakes...bigblocks....or whatever got Midlands, or if it was adhoc on the line. Can you replace a Midland with the Bendix or are there other differences. Because I don't remember specifying when I replaced the master cylinder...but I could have.
    Thanks for the reply...Kevin
     
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    They are pretty much interchangeable (not sure about the pushrod) but if its a 68 Shelby I would expect to see a Midland in there. The engine size had nothing to do with what booster it got, it was just what vendor was supplying that particular factory at that time.
     
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    The Bendix booster uses a bolt on mounting bracket. They usually don't come on the booster from a rebuilder. They can be hard to come by.
     
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    IT appears to be more of a plant thing (certain plants got certain suppliers-parts) sort of thing
     
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    Thanks for the info...Kevin
     
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    Kevin, besides the internal and external differences and the plant variation usage that Jeff mentioned, all the evidence indicates that Shelby usage was Bendix for 69/70 and Midland for 67/68. Bob
     
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