David,
Wait until you look for a rebuild kit for that Italian slave cylinder. I
bought some rear Italian slave cylinders from MiniMania and returned them for
that reason. Lockheed new cylinders on there now.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> Patricia:
>
> I am wondering if the cylinder may have been marred by rust or by scoring?
> Sometimes just rebuilding does not work very well if the cylinder is not
> attended to--relined with a brass liner or at the minimum, honed out, which
> some listers have found to not be very effective. Are your fittings leaking?
> Is the reservoir leaking around the seals? Run your hand around to see if
> you can locate the leak.
>
> BTW, although there has been a lot of discussion about the Advance Auto MC
> rebuilds leaking, I bought one for $37, installed it, and it has been working
> leak free like a champ for about 6 months now.
>
> I DO have a leaking rear wheel cylinder. Bought replacements from Advance
> and they turned out to be NEW ITALIAN made beauties. The only piece of crap
> is that damned thick "C" clip they supply with it. I fought with it for an
> hour, finally bending it to where it would not fit and deciding to get a
> proper "C" clip tomorrow to do the job right.
>
> --David C.
>
> --David C.
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