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I had a chance to work on the truck a little yesterday.

I removed the bolts from the square mounting plate by screwing the nuts on so they were flush with the end of the bolt and tapped them out with a small ball peen hammer. They came out really easy. After I removed the bolts I was able to get a pipe wrench on the large nut that holds the plate to the booster unit and remove it. The square plate does have a little angle to it in the area where the unit fits against it. I measured out where the holes needed to be for the plate to fit on the original lower master/booster studs on the firewall, and drilled them out. I test fit it and the hole on the bottom right almost lines up with the bolt that holds the column bracket on. I opened the hole up enough so I can use that bolt to secure the plate on the lower corner.

Next I mounted the plate back on the booster and test fit the whole assembly. I wanted to see how the rod that bolts to the brake pedal fit as far as length. I had to enlarge the hole in the firewall about an 1/8th inch all the way around. I used a carbide cutter in my air die grinder to do that. Worked out good. The pedal rod is still too short by about an inch, so I will still have to lengthen it.

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