RE: belts and brakes

From: Timothy Beloney (TBeloney(at)wyse.com)
Date: Tue Mar 09 1999 - 19:32:05 CST

On this note, my car has never been run and currently has no servo. The
master cylinder just LOOKS bad when I examine the seal, and there is
evidence of leakage. I notice that a rebuild kit from SS is under $10 and a
new master cylinder is over $100. How do I know if it's rebuildable, and
what is involved? If it's going to require special tools or take a long
time, I might as well just get another one.

Thanks,

Tim Beloney
'65 S5V6' (just registered even though it's a shell right now!)

                -----Original Message-----
                From: Sergio Dimarmo [mailto:iwander(at)ibm.net]
                Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 10:18 PM
                To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
                Subject: Re: belts and brakes

                Chris Rife wrote:
>
> Is there a limit as to the number of times that a brake
master cylinder
> can be rebuilt? My brakes are a little softer than I would
like, and I'm
> wondering if a rebuild might help the problem any, or if
it just needs
> to be replaced.
>
> Also, I too would like to mount some 3-point seat belts.
Since my floor
> is "new," I think I can do pretty much whatever I want
there, but the
> shoulder belt is the problem. With all the interior panels
removed, I've
> noticed that there is a hole (supposed to be there) about
shoulder
> height with the seats- is this just very convenient, or
does it serve
> some other purpose? The interior is still in a bag, so I
don't really
> know what goes where just yet.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> '62 Series II

                Chris,

                I don't think that rebuilding the master cylinder would help
the
                "softness" of your brakes. This could be cause by old rubber
hoses that
                are giving way to some pressure because of age or you may
have some air
                in the lines. If your master cylinder leaks or slowly goes
dowm to the
                floor if you keep pressure on the brake pedal, then it's
time for a
                rebuild, other that that, the problem is elseware. My
problem was with
                the brake booster leaking fluid into the vacum chamber. If
you have
                power brakes, I would check this out also.

                --
                Sergio
                1967 Sunbeam Alpine
                Series V 'AJNT 86'
                still working on it but getting closer!

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