cfiddes@direct.ca wrote:
>
> Hi folks.
>
> I solved the first half of a minor mystery, but need some help to
> solve the final piece.
>
> For the last couple of months, I've been noticing these unusual black
> marks on the top of my coffee table. I'd clean 'em up and they'd
> show up again the next day.
>
> I finally realized that they were from my shoes (sandals, boots
> - any footwear) but couldn't figure out why it had just begun . After
> all, I've been putting my feet up on my furniture for years.
>
> Two and two finally made four in my li'l brain when I realized that
> the black marks had shown up with the Midget. Sure enough, I found a
> little puddle of oil in the drivers footwell.
>
> The oil is coming down the brake pedal (thankfully it's the back of
> the brake pedal!). My question is, where is it coming from? My
> second question is, wherever it's coming from, how do I replenish the
> lubricant being lost to the leak?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Chris.
When this happened to me on my 1968 Midget, it was a bad brake master
cylinder. I tried a rebuild kit but it did not hold.
I ended up replacing the master cylinder.
Dick Watson
'68 & '78 Midgets
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