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Re: Rubber Diaphram (WAS: Re: HELP: strange brake behavior)

To: "Geoffrey P. Muttart" <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: Rubber Diaphram (WAS: Re: HELP: strange brake behavior)
From: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 10:55:31 -0700
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <004901bdaa85$eebedce0$5612b18e@ws12>
Reply-to: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
FWIW  we see many Japanese master cylinders with a disc (looks like a
tiddly-wink) floating in the reservoir..... maybe to keep the surface of
the fluid from contacting air? Dunno... just a thought.
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At 12:34 PM 7/8/98 -0300, you wrote:
>Thanks Peter.
>
>I, too, have used the Saran Wrap (actually a cheap knock-off) trick while      
>the car is stored - I found that my clutch would need to be bled if the car
>sat for extended periods and this has postponed the inevitable.  However,
>the couple of times that I drove it with the Saran still in place it ended
>up with a hole in it - perhaps I should try a higher quality plastic wrap?
>How about a rubber ballon?  I'm sure someone will suggest that a condom
>would be appropriate introduction to this diaphram question  ;-).  (I seem
>to recall making a barometer or something many years ago in Scouts that used
>a balloon and it acted like a diaphram and had lots of 'give' to it.)
>
>What's the List feel about whether a diaphram of some sort would really
>benefit the brake/clutch system?  I hesistate to mess with such an important
>aspect of safety myself - anyone "been there, done that"???
>
>Thanks for your input,
>Geoff
>gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca
>
>----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
>To: gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca <gmuttart@mtdc.ns.ca>
>Date: July 8, 1998 10:43 AM
>Subject: Re: Rubber Diaphram (WAS: Re: HELP: strange brake behavior)
>
>
>>I have not come up with a way to put in a diaphram yet. However when I
>>store the car for extended periods I install a piece of saran wrap under
>>the cover to prevent any moisture from getting in. I have forgotten to
>>remove it a couple times and it did not affect the brakes or clutch
>>action so I guess it acted like a diaphram. Also anytime I open up the
>>brake system (changing lines hoses cylinders etc.) I put a piece of
>>plastic under the cap to prevent the fluid from running out from the
>>line by causing a vacuum in the MC. I change my brake fluid annually to
>>get any moisture/contamination out as well.
>>Regards,
>>Peter.
>>
> 
Peter Caldwell
MGC-GT  , 100-4, '31 MM8 Cammy, Innocenti S,
'52 Champ, '60 L-R 109 SW, 3 '64-73 L-R 88's
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