[TR] TR3A hydraulic reservoir

[Bob Labuz]

On Thursday 13 March 2008 03:31 pm, Joe Laurito wrote:
> I piped up the hydraulics today but I'm not sure I did it correctly. The
> reservoir has an internal baffle surrounding the outlet on the right of the
> tank which is labeled "Clutch". However, the pre-bent pipes are configured
> so that the long pipe going to the clutch MC ends up on the left and the
> short pipe going to the brake MC ends up on the right. I spun the reservoir
> around so that the smaller inter chamber labeled "Clutch" is on the left,
> connects to the clutch and the labeling faces the firewall. The larger
> outer chamber of the tank then connects to the brake.
>
> Either the reservoir tank is labeled incorrectly or the pipes are
> incorrectly bent. Should the clutch be connected to the smaller inner
> chamber or doesn't it matter? My guess is that you would want the larger
> supply of fluif (I believe that is the proper term on this list) to be
> dedicated to the brakes. The factory ROM was absolutely no help. The
> Autobook repair manual mentioned the two chamber reservoir on Girling
> systems but never indicated which is which. Do I have my circuits correctly
> piped or not?
>
> TIA
>
> Joe
>
Joe,

The smaller (inner) chamber is for the clutch. The outer or larger chamber is 
for the brakes.

Bob