The brake-line evils on my 86 reliant wagon are almost done. Background info, all the brake lines were rusted and I nearly blasted through the back wall of the garage coming home one night as the one line finally gave way and sprayed brake fluid all over the exhaust pipe. Had to replace all the brake lines on the whole car, they were all rusted and most of the flare nut fittings were so rusty that the hex heads weren't even recognizable. Pipe wrenches and bolt cutters were the order of the day to remove most of them. Luckily a little patience and lots of P-B blaster penetrating oil got the fittings out of the fittings at the wheels and the master cylinder out without damage to any ports.
However, the brake proportining valve wasn't so lucky. It had some kind of strange reaction between the brass body and the steel fittings and nothing could get the rusted fittings off. I need a new one.
It has numbers on the body of 588 5281 (there is a symbol between these numbers of a "W" in a small hexagon, probably indicating what the manufacturer/supplier was who made these for Chyrsler).
Scouring Ebay and Craiglist, plus a few calls to 4 Chrysler dealerships, has netted only confused responses from "parts guys" that were probably born AFTER my K-car was built, or recommendations for using "universal" proportioning valves. The Universal type only have THREE outlets (front left, front right, and rear) - while my car has FOUR (one for each of the wheels).
I had (briefly) considered patching it together with tee fittings and just eliminating the proportioning valve, but that seems to be a recipe for disaster. If nothing else, the rears would be locking up every time I touch the brakes.
Could I use this "universal" deal for my car, and just install a "Tee" fitting for the rears ?