Well, my mistake. I wasn't thinking about how far reaching our group is
and that the home market cars might have had some different parts.
You are certainly correct about interfering with the carbs. I put dual
Webers on mine, and could no longer use the stock
MC, and had to go to a shorter one - which actually had the reservoir
attached!
Jay
rmaddock(at)petrie.starway.net.au on 12/09/97 01:07:56 AM
To: Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com
cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net (bcc: Jay Laifman/Legal/CF/CCI)
Subject: Re: Master C. Spacer
Thanks Jay.
My brake master cylinder and reservoir are indeed one piece. I've just had
a
look under the bonnet of a friend's Series IV and he has the same thing as
me
(including the spacer between the BMC and firewall.) Perhaps there was a
different unit for LHD and RHD cars. If my BMC were on a LHD car I expect
it
would foul the carburettors.
Russell
Jay Laifman wrote:
> That is exactly where that spacer goes for the stock Series V car. The
> master cylinder for the cars was the same for all of the later cars, the
> ones that came with the power booster. The earlier cars without the
> booster had a different master cylinder, with a smaller bore (a smaller
> bore moves less fluid per movement of pedal, thereby making the effort
> easier, but the effect less too). I do not know where the line was. It
> might have been only the Series I car that had the earlier version. So,
I
> would suspect that your car originally used the spacer. However, the
stock
> master cylinder has a separate plastic resevoir for the fluid, it is not
> part of the body of the cylinder. From your description, I'm not sure
you
> are holding a stock master cylinder.
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