Bob,
I noticed a leak on a new one a while back, but on
mine, it turned out to be the cap seal was entirely
too small for the reservoir. Go into some corners & a
little would splash out. If memory serves, the outer
diameter was too small...easy fix as I still had the
old cap.
Cheers,
Todd Bermudez
--- Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
wrote:
> The email below was sent to the 6 Pack list and I'm
> sharing it with the
> Triumph List.
>
> I put a new Lucas MC in my car back in April and it
> has a very slight "leak"
> at the reservoir seam. About once a week I have to
> wipe it off, but there
> hasn't been enough leakage to add fluid yet. None
> the less....it does leak.
> I'm using Castrol GT/LMA Dot 3/4. Winter project #1
> is a brake system
> rebuild.
>
>
> Bob Danielson
> 1975 TR6 CF38503U
> Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-6pack@Autox.Team.Net] On
> Behalf Of Pimento73@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:32 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: [6pack] NEW brake master cylinder failure
> anyone?
>
> I've made this statement several times over the past
> 2 weeks:
>
> "My NEW TR6 brake master cylinder is leaking about 5
> times faster than the
> old one was"
>
> and I'm now up to about 3 responses of "ME TOO"
>
> So I'd like to take a quick poll:
> If you bought a NEW TR6 brake master cylinder within
> the past year (these,
> unlike the originals, have "LUCAS" cast on the side)
> AND it has failed -
> please holler "ME TOO"
> and say where its leaking and what brake fluid you
> were using.
>
> So far I've got 1 leaking thru a crack in the
> underside of the reservoir
> and the rest leaking past the piston down the front
> of, or into, the servo
> - 2 DOT 5 and 2 DOT 3.
>
> Thanks,
> Jack Mc
>
> PS - meanwhile I've sent my original off to be
> resleeved
>
>
>
>
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