Thanks for the clarification, I always thought the BJ8 brake master was cast
iron.
Cheers,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 8/23/06, healeyguy@aol.com <healeyguy@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Original BJ8 maters, both brake and clutch were aluminum. 7/8 inch on the
> brake and 5/8 inch on the clutch. Cast iron replacements, mainly on the
> brake master, came along later.
> Aloha
> Perry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bspidell@comcast.net
> To: healey.nut@gmail.com; clocks@midcoast.com
> Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 2:37 PM
> Subject: BJ8 Brake Cyls (was Re: BT7 clutch problem.)
>
> Alan,
>
>
> re:
>
> "> If you have a BJ8 brake master you can tell because it will be made out of
> > cast iron rather than aluminum. "
>
>
> My BJ8 had aluminum masters, which I believe(d) were the original (I bought
> the car with 64K miles). When I ordered replacements, I got cast iron for
>both
> (I think the clutch master is the same as the brake master on earlier cars,
> maybe w/o servo).
>
> Does anybody know if Al masters were supplied on some cars, or should
> I assume mine were replaced at some point? At first I was dismayed that
> I got iron replacements, but have been happy with the replacements (they
> are Lucas, FWIW).
>
>
> bs
>
>
> ***************************************************************
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
><bspidell%40comcast.net>
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
> ***************************************************************
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com <healey.nut%40gmail.com>>
> > James -
> >
> > Either you have air in your system (and you have to bleed it out), or the
> > master cylinder is a brake master from a BJ8 which has a smaller bore.
> >
> > If you have a BJ8 brake master you can tell because it will be made out of
> > cast iron rather than aluminum. It's an easy mistake to make.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > '52 A90
> > '53 BN1
> > '64 BJ8
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