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Subject: Rebuilding it?
From: Anita & Jim Barrett <anitabrt@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 18:26:41 -0400
At 05:30 pm 6/24/97 -0800, you wrote:
>well it never ends.
>the last time we talked i just replaced my master cylinder and had some
>questions about bleeding the system. thank you for your responses. well
>being single i bought a vacuum bleeder at walmart so i could the job by
>my self.
>one note everyone had said to bleed the cylinder farthest from the
>master cylinder but the vacuum bleeder said to start at the closest.
>well i went about my bleeding and i could not get the fluid to run
>clear. i made the best of it and went on to change my oil. i started my
>motor to check for oil leaks, and looked in the master reservoir and low
>and behold no fluid. that's right it's being sucked into the
>servo/motor. so now i want to rebuild the servo. i don't want one of
>those lockheed units, i got my TAC sticker. i guess it is a girling mk2a
>5". it has "5/8 girling" and "dialoy 2" on the body. so is there
>anything i should know about the rebuild and where should i get the kit
>from?
>thanks all
>scott
>B9472628
>
Scott, good luck finding a kit.  The price keeps going up and up.  Long ago
I was in the business of rebuilding power brake servos and much later I
decided to rebuild my Tiger II 7"  unit.  I had two problems:.  The main
 aluminum cylinder was pitted and had to be honed too much.  The second
cylinder ( in series with the first and much  less than 1/2" in diameter) could
not be repaired because the seal supplied in the kit was the wrong size.
I finally gave up and replaced the booster with a brass fitting.  
Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others.


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