Went to the yard and picked a few brake parts to get rid of the LPSV (or whatever) tonight; am going to follow this build:
http://www.4x4spot.com/proportioning.htmand hope for the best. I'd still like to get a big bore master cylinder down the road but at least this is a decent start towards better braking. Also picked a day/night miror since mine is neither. There's an 87 2wd that has decent doors (and they're silver) if you've got the half-door itch, Matt...
>>Dan