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1. MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:15:50 -0700 (PDT); My 1971 MGB is losing fluid from both the brake and clutch reservoirs. Somewhat slowly, but also somewhat increasingly. My suspicion is that it's the master cylinders. What is the current consensus o; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00479.html (7,999 bytes)
2. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "Jim Leach" <leachsr@idirect.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:54:06 -0400; IMHO, have someone like White Post, in VA, bore and sleeve your M/C's with brass or stainless and then install the rebuild kits. I think slaves are relatively cheap so just replace it. The biggest pr; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00480.html (8,814 bytes)
3. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:04:51 -0400; As someone else posted the real question is whether they are rusted or not. Most likely they are. That's what tears up the rubber seals. It's been my experience that you can't usually get the pits ou; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00483.html (10,293 bytes)
4. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 01:27:43 -0500; The shop that I used to work for had a couple of guys that have been wrenching on these cars since the dawn o time and they have concluded, from experience, that the clutch MC seems to take a seal ki; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00492.html (11,429 bytes)
5. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:50:14 +0100; Brake MC is not easy to dismantle, but if you can - rebuild is a good Clutch MC - that one is easy to dismatle. Check the bore - aspecially on the bottom of the bore it can be badly pitted, so overha; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00493.html (9,953 bytes)
6. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 08:25:36 -0500; Are the 68-74 MGB Clutch MC's steel or Aluminum? Don Malling; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00495.html (8,296 bytes)
7. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 10:04:04 -0600; Soft as they are, I'd opine that they are cast iron. CR; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00496.html (7,834 bytes)
8. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:30:09 -0500; Don, I'm copying this to the list to clear up any ambiguity that anyone else might have. The problem with the brake MC seems to be that either the bore does not wear evenly or the pistons wear out. I; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00504.html (14,609 bytes)
9. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:06:17 -0500; My experience has been that leaking brake MCs will leak down the pedal and leave a drip on the floor. Use a paper towel, wipe the pedal and see if there is damp. If you find it, remove the cover ove; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00511.html (9,440 bytes)
10. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:39:59 -0600; Hi Bob, Was that truly a new one that you bought and not a rebuilt? Care to share whose product it was so we can avoid it? Thanks, CR SNIP; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00512.html (8,432 bytes)
11. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:17:53 -0500; It was a new one, as was its replacement. The MCs were Lockheed, as best I could determine from the castings, and it's my understanding that they are the only makers of the MCs now. I bought it from; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00514.html (8,976 bytes)
12. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:13:34 -0800 (PST); Hmmm... My pedals are dry as a bone. How should I go about troubleshooting to find out where the fluid is going? There's nothing evident (like a puddle of brake fluid under the car) or anything. Than; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00570.html (8,480 bytes)
13. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:08:23 -0500; The sleuthing is easy when fluid is dripping down the pedals. Too bad, almost, that it wasn't that simple. Remove the cover from the MCs and look around. MCs can leak out the end where the moving ro; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00594.html (9,595 bytes)
14. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>; Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:44:36 +0100; Follow the brake lines. If their is a servo brake assist unit, this could be leaky. Cheers, Hans; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00611.html (8,631 bytes)
15. Re: MC rebuild vs. replace (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:16:17 -0000; For the brakes, bad seals in a servo can cause fluid to be burnt in the engine i.e. loss with no visible leak. PaulH.; /html/mgs/2003-10/msg00624.html (7,979 bytes)

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