Major Stare
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 posted on 18/6/09 at 06:40 AM |
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It leakes, glad i spotted it..........
One of the master cylinder pipe unions is leaking on the cylinder and at seems the cylinder is leaking where the plastic reservoir meets the shaft.
I still have the plastic strip, so i know its a Ford item.
How much should a repair kit cost and any special tools?
Buy a new M/Cylinder?
Jon "FISH"
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 06:50 AM |
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PTFE tape wrapped round the reservoir bottle connectors usually stops it leaking. The rubber seals tend to dry out and harden. Either do that or pull
some off a car in the scrappy
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 07:29 AM |
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Do I read that you have two leaks? One from the brake pipe union one as above ^^^
Dan
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 09:30 AM |
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If you pull the reservior out and refit, you tend to find that debris ends up getting into the master cylinder (no matter how carefull you are),
unless you completely strip and rebuild the master cylinder.
Personally I would NEVER rebuild a Brake Master cylinder.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 11:22 AM |
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^ actually its a doddle (only a few simple rubber seals & pistons) and kits are readily available. So long as the bore of the cylinder isn't
worn or scratched then it can easily be reused. It might sound daunting but I used to do them quite a bit, oh the good old days 
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 02:07 PM |
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I'd agree with Mr Wippy no problem to re-build (but you need to be careful) .. the snag is you can't seem to get rebuild kits any more for
the sierra one; it's simpler to get a new old stock item...
Dan
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 07:01 PM |
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I overhauled my master cylinder - not a great problem, as long as you take care and pay attention to cleanliness.
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