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Re: Photo quiz, is this an MGA clutch slave cylinder?

To: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>, Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Photo quiz, is this an MGA clutch slave cylinder?
From: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 09:35:57 -0500
Trevor,
         In the annals (maybe too many n's) of catalog-dom the cylinder you 
show was listed briefly as fitting MGAs 55-59. The catalogs no longer make 
a distinction and offer only the "later" one. I "happen" to have quite a 
few new ones. Lockheed part number 94202. Very difficult to sell to those 
with the cylinder as Barney correctly described which also fits MGBs 
#83901. I haven't found a reliable source of info as to IF the cylinder you 
have actually was on a MGA, and if it was, when. So, all you MGAers, please 
let me know if you have the one Trevor has, or the one Barney describes. 
Oh, and the rebuild kits and all internals are the same.
         Thanks   Peter C
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At 09:14 AM 7/14/2000, Barney Gaylord wrote:
>At 04:20 AM 7/14/2000 -0400, Trevor Boicey wrote:
> >....
> >  Since the Magnette drivetrain is more or less MGA, I assume this is an
>MGA slave cylinder, but before I order a kit, can somebody confirm or deny
>what this slave cylinder is?
> >
> >http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/whats_this_slave_1.jpg
> >http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/whats_this_slave_2.jpg
>
>It is not an MGA slave cylinder.  I had to go grab one to be sure.  The MGA
>part has the hose connection extending out the end of the housing rather
>than out the side as on yours.  However, it is otherwise extraordinarily
>similar.  Measure the bore of the cylinder.  The MGA part I have in my hand
>is 1_1/4 inch bore size.  If (big if) yours is the same bore size
>(probably) as the MGA cylinder, then the MGA rebuild parts WILL WORK.
>That's a barneymg guarantee, and I'll buy your parts back if it doesn't.  ;)
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>     http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg


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