[tcb] Re: Master Cylinder
- From: Theodore Reinert <theodoregreinertll@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:42:35 -0700 (PDT)
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!
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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.
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> From: Ronnie <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 11:27 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Master Cylinder
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>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.
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>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.
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>Any advice is welcome.
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