Daryl:
It goes in the brake side. This would be the cylinder nearest the engine
on a left hand drive car.
Pete Phillips
61 Bugeye
Waynesboro, VA
Daryl May wrote:
>
> I am rebuilding the combined brake/clutch master cylinder on a Bug Eye.
> Need help, please, on where one part goes.
>
> The brake and clutch bores and piston assemblies differ ONLY in regard to a
> small gizmo called a valve. Looks like a tiny metal hat with a rubber
> insert in it. It goes at the end of the bore nearest the driver.
>
> Here is the problem. Which bore does it go in? The Haynes book (1982
> edition, page 120, fig 5.2) says it goes in the brake bore - right side I
> assume. I am certain that when I removed it, it came from the left
> (clutch) side - though the cylinder came out of a junk car without a known
> history, so that may not prove much.
>
> The cylinder (and I) await your kind assistance to allow reassembly.
>
> Daryl
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