Ugh. Sunny day, 80 degrees, new brake lines...and a puddle of fresh
brake fluid under the right rear. Doh!
Looks like the wheel cylinders are leaking - I'm in the process of
taking them apart and looking inside. Everything seems OK - no gouges,
seals look OK. The bit of rust that's in there I took out with metal
polish (same stuff you use to polish aluminum or other raw metals).
That seemed to work OK...seals look good and everything. I dunno.
My hunch is this - in getting the drum back onto the wheel, I had to
force it a bot...perhaps I compressed the pistons and got the seals off
kilter a bit?
So I guess I'll just do the typical "take it out, take it apart,
reassemble, reinstall" MG-repair process and see if it works...good
thing I have another car, but it sure is frustrating to do a lot of
work, and have something else go bad in the process.
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Karl Shultz
95 Integra GS-R, black, loud
73 MGB, orange, only marginally drivable
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