When I disassembled my 6 I found this connected to the master cylinder. What is it and what is it's function. Links to engineering explanations welcome.

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it's a brake fluid ionizer. You need that to protect your brake fluid from the ferocious flux gnomes that come with six motors.

Brake fluid accumulator

looks like the mini-size Mr. Fusion . . .

Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've seen one of those things--so long I can't remember what it was called. A number of the parts houses (Electrodyne, Automotion, etc.) used to sell these back in the 1970s. A buddy had one on his E-prod 356 race car. One end was supposed to have a high pressure nitrogen charge in a sealed chamber (similar to a bilstein shock) and was supposed to "even out the braking" . . .

Like I said, it was a long time ago.

That description sounds like a brake fluid damper, then? I would have guessed that it was a pressure limiting valve of some kind...

--DD

Whatever it is, why i there only one for the right front brake? That makes no sense to me. Unless this is the last of the old brake lines on the car.

here is the present version of the "Saftey Braker"
https://www.facebook.com/brakingsystem

Evil Kinevel describes Brake Guard suggests having one installed.

What a load of crap. I think they invented a product that improved braking years ago. I think they called it the tire???? Someone explain to me how the accumulator charges on the hydraulic side. Obviously you need to compress the nitrogen somehow. This would act as an attenuation device more than an actual accumulator i would think. Again, seems dumb to have it on one single brake.

"Safety Braker" is the type Joe had on his car . . . .

Here's a link to an ad in a Popular Mechanics from 1973:

https://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAM...ker&f=false

Not sure if there was ever any objective testing/data.

Rube Goldberg Device


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGkLkBZysI


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine

I really think my 64 corviar with metallic brake shoes and no proportioning valve, could have benefitted.. in 1976..

Full drum brakes, I'm not sure anything could have helped those systems.

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Ah man, I love Evel but he would do anything for a buck. Bonus Points if you know what car Evel is standing next to in that promo clip.

Aston Martin 'Lagonda' '89'ish ?
Melting electronic control switches on console and dash.
Striking design, nearly impossible to maintain and repair.
Only saw one in real life.

Yeah it's a Lagonda but it's a unique one that I had to google.

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/vehicl...shooting-break/

I would very much like to drive that around today as my DD.

Rich

Well written..... they spelled 'brake' wrong !
and they made an 'interesting' design very ugly in the best English tradition.