Had that exact thing on "Little Bits". Fluid was surging out around the
cap threads. I put a garden hose washer init and it stopped. Was there
supposed to be a washer in there and I didn't get one??
Dave & Bobbie Carpenter
Pittsburgh, PA
60 3000 "Healey Bits" (in more pieces than they built it from)
60 Bugeye "Little Bits" click the link below for pictures
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2z49v/bugeye.htm
Pictures from Pittsburgh Vintage Gran Prix
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2z49v/pvgp.htm
Gerard wrote:
> Matthew,
>
> If it's new and it's already leaking from the piston, return it, it's
> either a bad rebuild or if it's a "real" new one, it's gone bad from
> corrosion or shrunken seals. Tjhat said however, you might check first and
> make sure that it's not leaking from the cap. I've found that if you
> overfill them even slightly, fluid will migrate through the cap threads and
> dribble down the fron making it look like the piston is leaking.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 12:21 PM -0400 8/16/02, Matthew R. Lawrence wrote:
>
>>How does one go about stopping a leak in the master brake cylinder? This is a
>>new mc for the 1500. I believe the leak is from underneath the rubber boot or
>>whatever it is called where the plunger goesinto the master cylinder to put
>>pressure on the fluid as the fluid is slowly going down my brake pedal. Yes,
>>despite my "taste test" I recently described, it is definitley brake fluid.
>>It is taking the dye off my shoes. I quess I drank too much cheap whisky in
>>college and my tastebuds aren't what they could be.
>>
>>Matthew R. Lawrence
>>
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