[Mg-t] brake fluid level question

[spook01@comcast.net]

No.  The separate filler bottle kit made and marketed to the morris minor guys has a new end cap with nipple, a top plug, the filler hose, and the rover reservoir.
Not only does it work well for the morris (mine has a TD m/c on it for more volumn for the front disc brake mod.
I've installed the kit into several TD's and the owners LOVE it!

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----- Reply message -----
From: "John F. Quilter" <jquilter at peoplepc.com>
To: "MG T List" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Mg-t] brake fluid level question
Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 16:19


Interestingly the Morris Minor, which uses a very similiar master cylinder, has factory service instructions to fill the master cylinder to the bottom of the threads for the cap.

With a remote separate overflow bottle wouldn't the fluid leak out continously from the cap breather and/or a slightly imperfect cap sealing washer?

John Quilter
Eugene, Oregon

----- Original Message ----- From: <mgbob at juno.com>
To: <mgs at autox.team.net>; <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:00 PM
Subject: [Mg-t] brake fluid level question


>   The TD handbook says to fill brake master cylinder to a level 1/2 inch
> below bottom threads of the filler neck.   That leaves a large volume of > air
> above the fluid, far  more than would seem to be needed for expansion.
> Totally T-Type 2 (Issue 10, February 2012) has an article by a TF owner > who
> rigged a separate overflow bottle to his MC, connected at the back end > with
> banjo fitting, so he can check level and fill from under bonnet, instead > of
> through the hole after removing the rubber plug under the carpet. Would > this
> not fill the MC completely?
>   Why would MG have specified such a seemingly low level? Does it matter?
> Bob
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