Could you have possibly put the new internal plunger seal in backwards?
Ralph Jannelli
----- Original Message -----
From: Aidan Corcoran <aidan@acquirer.com>
To: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 5:26 AM
Subject: Brake Problem
>
> Guys,
>
> A few weeks back I installed a new seal kit on the brake master cylinder.
I
> only got to drive about a mile, and things were ok. Last weekend, I took
the
> car out for a longer run, about 20 miles, and had the following problem.
>
> The brake pedal would get harder and harder to press down, and the front
> brakes in particular were starting to stay closed, and the engine would be
> fighting against the brakes bring always applied. Short term I resolved
the
> problem by unscrewing the brake line from the master cylinder a little,
and
> reducing the pressure in the brake system. Getting back home, I
disassembled
> the master cylinder, cleaned it, and re-assembled it. The same problem
> remains, with the pressure in the brake system growing as I use the brakes
> until I'm forced to stop, and release it through the connection between
the
> master cylinder and the brake line. I have bled the system, possibly not
> very well, but this didn't change things.
>
> Have you guys any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Aidan
> 1966 Spitfire Mk 2 (FC83365)
>
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