[tcb] Re: Master Cylinder

  • From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:22:13 -0400 (EDT)

Heres the pic.


-----Original Message-----
From: wuzmop <wuzmop@xxxxxxx>
To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 1:08 pm
Subject: [tcb] Re: Master Cylinder


Sounds like the MC to me. My 67 bus MC just went out-no fluid anywhere.
The 67 only MC is almost $400, BUT you can get an adapter to mount a 71
and up to it. I made one, 1/4" thick, the same outer dimensions and
bolt holes as an exhaust gasket with a bit larger center hole. It was
easy as pie to install. If your reservoir is bad you can order an
entire kit.


-----Original Message-----
From: Theodore Reinert <theodoregreinertll@xxxxxxx>
To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 11:42 am
Subject: [tcb] Re: Master Cylinder



If everything else has been replaced (and I assume that you checked all
of the new parts!) Then the only thing left would be the master
cylinder. If the bore is seriously pitted, new seals won't do any good.
I used to own a '60 MGA, and had the master cylinder re-bored and
sleeved with a Rockwell 40 stainless steel sleeve. The master cylinder
outlasted the rest of the car!






  From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:35 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Master Cylinder





New wheel cylinders, hoses, shoes and steel lines.  I was wondering if
the seals failed or dried out if the fluid could squeeze by enough to
give you some flow but not enough to give you pressure. 

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On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Theodore Reinert
<theodoregreinertll@xxxxxxx> wrote:




If your master cylinder is bad, you should be able to see brake fluid
under the bus. I would also check all of the wheel cylinders as well.
And all of the lines, of course.






  From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:27 AM
Subject: [tcb] Master Cylinder



Okay, so I'm on the home stretch on my '67 Westy and was bleeding the
brakes.  No matter how much brake fluid I ran through the system, I
could not build up any pressure at all.  Fluid was moving, just
wouldn't get any pressure on the brakes.  I think he shoes are adjusted
fine, a little drag and e-brake works fine.

Does this sound like the master cylinder is dead?  The brakes sorta
worked 15 months ago when I pushed it in the garage but nothing now.

Any advice is welcome.

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