Scions,
The adventure continues....
I ordered the $65 Girling M/C from TrueChoice, as I discussed in an earlier
post. It is a new Girling M/C, but the operating lever is about 1.25 inches
too short. No problem, I can swap it out for my old one.
Now I find out that the reservoir tap on the M/C isn't large enough to
accept the fitting on the pipe I have running from the reservoir.
TrueChoice, who has been very supportive on this issue, says the Girling
Drawing indicates this should be a 7/16-20 thread. I don't have a 7/16-20
bolt yet, but my tap won't go. TrueChoice was able to thread a bolt right
into one off their shelf.
To add to the confusion, I don't have Girling M/C's on my car. I have PBR
brand, made in Australia. These are almost identical to the Girling, except
they don't have the sailfin like projection between the two pressure taps on
the M/C.
The questions are:
1. Does anyone know the correct Girling thread sizes on the Master
Cylinder?
2. Is anyone familiar with the PBR (made in Australia) M/C, a near perfect
knockoff of the Girling and which does seem like a perfect fit for the Lucas
M/C rebuild kit sold by Moss.
I am planning on simply rebuilding both my clutch and brake M/C's so I have
the car back this weekend, but I'd like to know for the future, if I have
odd sized fitting on my low pressure reservoir line, or if this M/C I
received is not as original.
Thanks for any light you can shed on my predicament,
Jack Brooks
1960 TR3A
1974 Norton 850 Commando
Hillsdale, NJ
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