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Re: Leaking Master Cylinder

To: Joe Peck <peck@digex.net>
Subject: Re: Leaking Master Cylinder
From: Wayne Kube <wkube@iadfw.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 19:02:18 -0600
Joe Peck wrote:

> There has been a long-time brake fluid
> leak from the master cylinder down onto the engine compartment
> paint, which has ruined the paint underneath the MC.  The cause
> was a simple crossthreading of the plastic switch that screws
> into the MC from underneath, which the DPO did nothing about. :-(

Joe -
        If your MC is leaking here, you have another problem.  There should be
no brake fluid contacting the switch.  The rod that activates the switch
has o-rings on each end to keep the brake fluid in.  You need to renew
these.  It may be indicative of deteriorating rubber parts in the MC.

-- 
Keep on keepin' on!

Wayne Kube      wkube@iadfw.net

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