[TR] [6pack] NEW brake master cylinder failure anyone?

[Bob Danielson]

The email below was sent to the 6 Pack list and I'm sharing it with the
Triumph List.

I put a new Lucas MC in my car back in April and it has a very slight "leak"
at the reservoir seam. About once a week I have to wipe it off, but there
hasn't been enough leakage to add fluid yet. None the less....it does leak.
I'm using Castrol GT/LMA Dot 3/4. Winter project #1 is a brake system
rebuild. 


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack at Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-6pack at Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Pimento73 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 11:32 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] NEW brake master cylinder failure anyone?

I've made this statement several times over the past 2 weeks:
 
"My NEW TR6 brake master cylinder is leaking about 5 times faster than  the
old one was"
 
and I'm now up to about 3 responses of "ME TOO"
 
So I'd like to take a quick poll:
If you bought a NEW TR6 brake master cylinder within the past year  (these,
unlike the originals, have "LUCAS" cast on the side) AND it has failed -
please holler "ME TOO"
and say where its leaking and what brake fluid you were using.
 
So far I've got 1 leaking thru a crack in the underside of the  reservoir
and the rest leaking past the piston down the front of, or into, the  servo
- 2 DOT 5 and 2 DOT 3.
 
Thanks,
Jack Mc
 
PS - meanwhile I've sent my original off to be  resleeved  





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