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Max Heim max_heim at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jul 4 20:39:37 MDT 2007


Actually, it is very typical for more than one hydraulic component to fail
at the same time. Maybe it's because all the rubber parts have a similar
working lifetime, maybe it's because they were all subject to the same
stresses and environmental factors, or maybe because someone topped off with
the wrong fluid. But if a wheel cylinder goes bad, I replace both, and the
rear hose, and inspect the rest of the system. If I'm replacing the MC, I
replace all the hoses, and inspect the rest. It's just the way it goes...


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 7/4/07 9:02 AM, Rabeys at aol.com at Rabeys at aol.com wrote:

> i checked the rear cyclinders, and the rear driver's side one is bad.   i
> should have known, because the inner wheel was coated in grime as well as the
> drum etc and inside is also wet and gunky.  my own fault for not checking,
> but 
> sometimes i still have that wishful thinking that only one thing will be
> wrong at a time.  i just wasnt sure because the car sat about 9 months and  i
> kept 
> thinking it  was old grime and probably from an old rear  differential
> problem.  i checked the other side and it's dry on the  outside.  not taking
> it off 
> at this time because i see that a screw that  needs to come out is all messed
> up and i dont want to deal with that  today.
>  
> i guess its just coincidence that they both went bad at the same  time?  i
> know for sure the MC was bad because it was dripping on me.   So far it seems
> ok...and "brim" was prob the wrong word to use when i said how I  filled it.
> I 
> usually fill it until the divider is covered for both  compartments but not to
> the very, very top.
>  
> So I'm going to clean it up today, but I think it was Marc that reminded me
> of those pesky C clamps and I think those might drive me over the edge right
> now.  I just want to drive my damn car.  Have a feeling this  might be time
> for a professional.  Don't want to mess with my breaks.   Of course, I think I
> will be looking at some old receipts, because I would swear  I had some break
> work done when I had a new tranny put in.  Or maybe I just  dont want to know!
>  
> Thanks, Steph


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