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> I'm in the process of putting back together a 1969 Lotus Europa S2 (type 54,
> if it matters), that someone else had taken apart - ten years ago.
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> My current woe is the brake master cylinder (Girling, dual circuit).
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> It's siezed, and I don't have any way of taking it apart. There is
> nothing on the piston assembly to grab. I've had it sitting in brake
> fluid for some time. The application of air pressure (150psi) couldn't
> move it. After applying some impulse (hitting it), I managed to push
> the piston in a bit, but now I can't try air pressure, as the air escapes
> out the resevoir connections (which I couldn't plug).
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> So, I figure, "Hey, master cylinders are cheap enough" (my other car is a bmw
> 2002 - new master cylinders go for about US$70). Well, the two sources that
> I have prices from (Dave Bean, and R. D. Enterprises) want mid US$300 range
> for a replacement.
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> This is not acceptable.
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> Another Europa owner has told me that this master cylinder is also used in
> the Spitfire. Does anyone out there have a good source for dual circuit
> Girling brake master cylinders with 0.7" diameter? I'll accept larger
> diameter, and it doesn't even have to be made by Girling.
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> If this turns up nothing, I plan to buy 2 Tilton single master cylinders
> and a (remote controllable) balance bar, which I can buy for a total of
> about US$230.
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> Thanks.
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> -Mark
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> markr@eye.com
> 607-257-1381 (w)
> -257-7658 (h)
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Mark, Had the same problem with an older Jag cycl. and the replacment
was lots of $$$$. I drilled a small hole in the closed esn of the
cylc. and pushed out the insides. Then welded the hole closed.
since the end is not machined or has a fitting in it this worked
very well.
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