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RE: HELP - NEW MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS MORE THAN OLD

To: rtr@tsquare.com, triumphs@autox.team.net, "'KMNTR6@aol.com'" <KMNTR6@aol.com>
Subject: RE: HELP - NEW MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS MORE THAN OLD
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:13:53 +0100
master cylinder defective.
leaking seals allow fluid to run out of the master spoioling your paint
work. Suppose it was nos and the seals are perished. Unless you can return
it for a full refund, get new seals and rebuild, the bore should be fine.

TBC, Gernot

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> Sent:         Thursday, April 29, 1999 4:11 AM
> To:   rtr@tsquare.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      HELP - NEW MASTER CYLINDER LEAKS MORE THAN OLD
> 
> 
> HELP!!!
> 
> Last weekend the brake master cylinder on my 1974 TR6 started leaking all 
> over the paint under my hood. It bubbled and peeled off. I decided to buy
> a 
> BRAND NEW master cylinder from a vendor at a show I was attending. It was
> not 
> cheap, but I thought that by replacing my leaky master cylinder with a new
> 
> one, I would NEVER have the same problem ever again.
> 
> I came home, removed the old master cleaned up, scraped, sanded, repainted
> 
> under the hood, and put on the new master. I attached the two fittings. I 
> thought I was ready to put in the Castrol and bleed the brakes. Well you
> know 
> the rest it - started leaking at the point where the master attaches to
> the 
> servo - right onto my new paint. I re-tightened all of my connections,
> still 
> it leaks. I siphoned all of the Castrol that I could get out... and that
> is 
> where I am right now. I need advise.
> 
> a) did I install the master wrong?
> b) is the new master defective?
> c) is it the wrong part?
> d) HELP!!!!!
> 
> Please let me know as soon. I would like to take care of this as soon as 
> possible.
> 
> Thanks
> Ken Nachman
> Richmond (VA) Triumph Register
> 
> 

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