Bad Master, Leaking from Rear
Greg in Fla
56 short
-----Original Message-----
From: McNulty, Bob <BMCNULTY@csuchico.edu>
To: 'oletrucks' <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] brake diagnostic help
>I have a firewall mounted power brake set up I pulled from a 76 van that is
>now leaking the entire volume out of the rear reservoir. The front
>reservoir stays full. I have visual fluid loss where the vacuum canister
>meets the master cylinder.
>
>Before I pull the whole mess tomorrow (providing my local brake supplier is
>open ).... any ideas what the problem is? I keep filling it and the
>brakes seem fine so I'm guessing the vacuum assist is working properly. If
>the cups were bad on the piston I would assume that it would just blow by
>and the reservoir would stay full.
>
>I am used to manual brake set ups so I was hoping to get a jump on the
>diagnostics by askin' y'all first.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bob ( one of the many on the list)
>
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