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Re: Dual master cylinder

To: "Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou" <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>,
Subject: Re: Dual master cylinder
From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:53:09 -0700
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> personally, I have never felt like hacking up the
> filler cap to experiment with this sort of thing.
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit

Doug,

Maybe that's because you enjoy the safety net of a dual reservoir braking
system.  The level warning switch would be a marvelous safety device for
those of us with '67 and earlier Spitfires. I dare say it could make the
difference between business as usual and catastrophe.  I think that I'm
going to pursue this and if I can come up with something viable, I'll share
it with the list.  I would think that rigging a switch to the M/C that warns
you of a dangerously low fluid level should be fairly inexpensive and not
too difficult.  The most time consuming aspect of the whole thing is going
to be finding the sensor itself.

Jeff

>
> At 07:46 AM 4/27/00 -0700, Jeff McNeal wrote:
>
> >It would be nice to know that there was a problem looming.  Even five
> >seconds of warning could make all the difference in the world.  Too bad
> >there isn't some sort of sensor that could be attached inside the M/C
> >reservoir that lets you know when the fluid drops below a certain level.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Jeff in San Diego
>


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