Bill-
I completed the MC rebuild on my TR6 and all came out to a happy
ending. I was a bit worried because of the amount of honing I had
to do remove the damage. The seals did not fit as tight as they
otherwise would have. There are no leaks but I think that the overall
life of my MC will be shorter than I'd like. The trick will be to keep
dirt out - that should limit seal wear.
As for your problem, If it is leaking a lot and the bore of
your MC is in good shape, then all I can think is that perhaps
your main seal is in backwards. I know you indicated that your
seals were in correctly but I was about to put my main seal in
backwards. I thought about it a lot and spent a lot of time
looking at the crude drawings that came with the kit. And still
was not 100% sure.
The main seal, when correctly installed, should look like it's
in backwards with the wide end facing towards the bore.
Well, thats all I can think of, Good luck to you.
-Steve
'74 TR6
muntsb@HiWAAY.net wrote:
>
> AARGH! I really hate working on brakes. After resolving the brakes master
> cylinder seal problem I figured I was out of the woods. Well I put everything
> back together today and started bleeding them. The cylinder is leaking A LOT
> out through the dust cover. The seals were installed properly and they are in
> great shape. I'm starting to think that perhaps this MC is from a different
> year Spit or some other car. Is the bore in the master cylinder larger on GT6
> and MkIV to 1500 Spits than in the MkIII Spit?
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. This problem is starting to
>get
> old. If I don't get to drive the Spit soon I may go into shock ;-).
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill M.
> '70 MkIII Spitfire
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