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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;">Sounds like you've found your problem. Good luck and enjoy once you're back on the road.<br><br></span></div>
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In a message dated 6/25/2021 5:59:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, tigers@autox.team.net writes:
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<div dir="ltr">An update on my master cylinder issue. I dug out the original master cylinder that came with the car and I tore it apart and compared it to the cheap replacement I bought a couple of years ago. All of the internals look to be the same except for the piston. The original piston has a very deep depression where the push rod fits and the cheap replacement has a very shallow depression. I did some more searching and found a discussion on the SAOCA website ( <a href="http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/brake-master-cylinder-issue.25568/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/brake-master-cylinder-issue.25568/</a> ) that describes exactly what I am seeing. I'm betting that the master cylinder I bought is either for an older Alpine or some other British car. I have a new one on order from Sunbeam Specialties.
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<div>Joe Brown</div>
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<div class="yiv8143913673gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:48 PM Joe Brown <<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I should clarify. I had the brake locking problem before I replaced or rebuilt everything. And I still have the same problem. Could it be something with the master cylinder?
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<div>Joe</div>
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<div class="yiv8143913673gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:45 PM Joe Brown <<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I have brand new rubber hoses that I got from Sunbeam Specialties last week.</div>
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<div class="yiv8143913673gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:42 PM Donald Antilla <<a href="mailto:fast427@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">fast427@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="yiv8143913673gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; padding-left: 1ex;">I had this problem on two different cars. The cause was old flexible hydraulic hoses that had deteriorated inside. <br clear="none">I changed them and the problem was resolved. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">From Don's iPhone 203-592-8427<br clear="none">Or 203-264-8301 home<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Jun 24, 2021, at 4:39 PM, Joe Brown via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Hey,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm scratching my head over an issue I'm having with my brakes. This actually started last year and I'm just now trying to sort it out.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Basically, after pumping the brake pedal a few times the front brakes lock up (only the fronts). If I crack open either bleed screw they free up. In fact, cracking open the line anywhere going back to the master cylinder frees up the brakes.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I have bypassed the booster, replaced all of the rubber lines and rebuilt the calipers. This seems to leave the master cylinder. I disconnected the brake line from the master cylinder and put a short line on it that feeds back into the master cylinder reservoir so I could bleed any air out of it. That all seems to work okay.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> So, I'm looking for other ideas. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thanks,<br clear="none">> Joe Brown <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/fast427@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/fast427@sbcglobal.net</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote>
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