dave r
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 02:20 PM |
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sierra master cylinder
after that sinking pedal feeling on the way home from stoneleigh, it looks like i need a new master cylinder
apparently there were 2 manufacturers for a 1983 2l sierra
are they interchangable or how do i tell the difference ?
the only marking mine has is ford on one side and 311688 k023g which means nothing to my spares man
3 oulets 2 at front one at rear
picture in my archive
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 02:25 PM |
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Dave - you may be able to get a set of seals from Ford, no?
We had a similar thing - turned out to be only the last seal before the push-rod assembly.
Steve
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dave r
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 02:28 PM |
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maybe yes, maybe no, either way its booked on a track day for saturday and i need it right !!
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 02:42 PM |
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It's very difficult (impossible it seems) to get a seal kit. If you find a source let me know! I wonder if anyone has found a sutiable
alternative, it might be the quickest way to get it fixed (if a littel hard on the wallet!)..
As far as I know there are two types. One is a smooth black cylinder the other a cast gold item..
Dan
[Edited on 7/5/07 by Bluemoon]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 02:58 PM |
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Get a VW Mk1 Polo or Golf (non servo) mastercylinder very cheap brand new from Euro car part but you have to get the resevoir from the scrappies.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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l0c0st
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 03:03 PM |
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Brakes international have m/c service kits (which i assume are the seals etc).
They also have pictures of the different types of m/c so you can check it's the right type.
Never used them, so don't know what delivery times etc are like.
http://www.brakeparts.co.uk/
When you've found the master cylinder click on the associated button to get to the service kit.
HTH
Dom
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Pezza
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 03:24 PM |
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I've got one sat in my parts bin you can have for the cost of postage 
No use to me as i#ve got for an alloy nissan jobby.
u2u me if interested.
Pez
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 04:07 PM |
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Brakes international have them on the site, but if you click the button to order them you'll find they don't actualy do them anymore (at
least last time I tried)...
Dan
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dave r
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| posted on 7/5/07 at 04:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by l0c0st
Brakes international have m/c service kits (which i assume are the seals etc).
They also have pictures of the different types of m/c so you can check it's the right type.
Never used them, so don't know what delivery times etc are like.
http://www.brakeparts.co.uk/
Dom
yes they list them... looks more like the bendix one..... but they havent got any, or any repair kits
whats the chances if i get one, of getting the old reservoir off and back on again without splitting it ?
[Edited on 7/5/07 by dave r]
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 08:15 AM |
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I have removed mine and put it back on.. Bit of a sod as it's very hard to get off.. As you say you might split it where the tubes come out if
it comes off at an angle..
Dan
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02GF74
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 09:01 AM |
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pulling the reservoir off is a pieve of cake - you need to angle it to one side and pull.
getting it back was trick, at least for me - I just could not get it to go into the new seals which seemed softer than the older ones, as the old ones
looked fine, I used those.
can't recalll if it was just the selas casuing the prpoblem but think I plumbed in the master before fitting the reservoi so did not had the
full movmenet for pressin it in.
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 09:04 AM |
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I have a leaky cylinder in the shed and when I looked at a kit to repair it I decided to get a different one. The kit came with a piston, spring and
seals and cost over £30.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 09:50 AM |
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If the mc has a plastic band with numbers on it loosly around the middle the numbers are the part number as opposed to the casting number. Don't
know if that helps.
Also if you have a lucas centre near you I have found that they can be very helpful.
[Edited on 8/5/07 by Schrodinger]
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dave r
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| posted on 8/5/07 at 06:22 PM |
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thanks for all the pointers
found a local motorfactors that had one at another branch
top came off and went back on easily..
fitted, and partially bled, ran out of fluid.. will carry on tomorow
apparently the only difference is the spacing of the 2 fixing holes.. ones 90ish mm and mine is 70ish
mines the bendix one
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britishtrident
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| posted on 9/5/07 at 07:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I have a leaky cylinder in the shed and when I looked at a kit to repair it I decided to get a different one. The kit came with a piston, spring and
seals and cost over £30.
A new VW cylinder is a lot cheaper than the Sierra repair kit !
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
[/I]
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/5/07 at 07:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
A new VW cylinder is a lot cheaper than the Sierra repair kit !
Is it pretty much a bolt on replacement? e.g. fluid outlets in similar locations?
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