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1. Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: MG4EVR@aol.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:37:56 -0400
I just put a new master cylinder in my 73 midget, and am not getting any fluid to the rear brakes. I bled them for an hour and still can't get any fluid to the rears. The fronts beld out perfectly, a
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00453.html (6,859 bytes)

2. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Garnett" <Roger-Garnett@cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:57:47 -5000
Open lines, plugged lines, bad master cylinder, or bad bleeding process... Hydraulic Brake and Clutch Bleeding Hydraulic fluid in brake and clutch sustems needs to be replaced every couple of years,
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00467.html (10,065 bytes)

3. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: GARYCINE@aol.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:18:04 -0400
MG4EVR@aol.com wrote: "I just put a new master cylinder in my 73 midget, and am not getting any fluid to the rear brakes. I bled them for an hour and still can't get any fluid to the rears. The front
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00472.html (8,149 bytes)

4. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: brooked@bre.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:46:17 EDT
In the UK there have been problems with silicone brake fluids apparently attacking the seals in very old, ie pre 65, brake systems. All modern seal materials should be safe with silicone fluids. Howe
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00474.html (8,611 bytes)

5. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Garnett" <Roger-Garnett@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 12:29:25 -5000
This one did not state whether there was air, or no flow/hard pedal. This is a common failure- the black stuff is the old hoses disolving, from age & who knows what brake fluids. Nothing to do with
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00482.html (8,268 bytes)

6. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: GARYCINE@aol.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 00:18:04 -0400
The Silicon fluid will have a lot to do with it. Before putting in the silicon fluid, your brake system may not have been completely flushed and cleaned. If there was some of the standard fluid still
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00486.html (9,157 bytes)

7. Re: Midget Brakes (score: 1)
Author: cedwards@pinn.net
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 14:27:15 -0500 (EST)
I tried to bleed the brakes in a '59 Mercedes, but no fluid or air would pass through the r.f. wheel cylinder. Only wwhen I removed the flexible hydraulic hose did the problem become apparent: the ho
/html/mgs/1995-06/msg00488.html (7,494 bytes)


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