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Re: MGA/ZB Magnette master cylinder doesn't hold a rebuild

To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MGA/ZB Magnette master cylinder doesn't hold a rebuild
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:40:34 -0800
Ummm, how about the slave cylinder?

Trevor Boicey had this to say:

>  When I first put my ZB Magnette on the road, I had
>to rebuild the combined master brake/clutch cylinder
>because the clutch was leaking internally. (car would start
>to creep if you held the clutch down, very dangerous
>when manoevering the car around the shop!)  
>
[snip]
>
>  Is there a failure mode I don't know about? Or
>is there a way I can see if my bore needs resleeving
>or something? I guess that is the next step but
>it didn't seem to show any problems.
>
>  
>-- 
>Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>Waiting for Guffman.
>


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.

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