Mike
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Bob Tarwater
BJ7
mike brooks wrote:
>I've been losing brake fluid - I traced it to the joint between the pipe down
>from the reservoir to the master cylinder, at the master cylinder. Instead of
>the pipe joining to the master cylinder with a single male connector and pipe
>swage [which is what I was expecting] it goes into some sort of adaptor, the
>male end of which has the correct Whitworth thread, but seals with an O ring
>into the master cylinder. When I stripped everything down I noticed that the
>thread on the pipe male connector is too short for the depth of the female
>thread in the master cylinder. I wonder if the adaptor was an attempt to put
>this right.
>
>Can someone with a BN2 tell me what the hook-up should be? I will need a new
>pipe anyway since the thread, wrench flats and swage are all in poor
>condition. Any advice on who to order from? Do I need the adaptor?
>
>Thanks
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