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Subject: Brake Master Cylinder
From: "Mike Nelson" <mnelson@tconl.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:20:01 -0600
Help.. I'm reassembling the brake master cylinder after a rebuild.  All was
going well, pistons reinserted with new seals, all buttoned up tight.  THEN,
I'm attempting to reattach the plastic reservoir to the top... ('79 Spit
with tandem cylinder, small cap on bottle) and after replacing the two seals
between the plastic reservoir and cylinder, and I can't compress the seals
enough to slide the two pins through.  And to make matters worse, one of the
plastic holes the pins pass through got stretched open.. (yes I did that) it
didn't break, but is weakened for sure.

HOW DO I INSERT THESE PINS without creating further damage, and secondly,
should I replace the plastic reservoir?  Please help!

Mike Nelson

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