Brake Master Cylinder Rebuild

[Ian Donkin]

My '72 car had lost all brake pressure when I wanted to drive it yesterday (fortunately it was parked in my garage at the time).

Having investigated further I found a pedal cluster full of brake fluid and a leak onto the garage floor from beneath the small reinforcement panel underneath (and quite a bit of bare metal exposed due to the properties of the brake fluid) .

I'm going to pull the pedal assembly out and guess that a seal will have gone in the master cylinder. Are repairs kit available for this and how easy is the job to complete?

It's a real pitty as my pedal pressure was real good until this happened - hopefully I can get it fixed pretty quickly.

Any words of wisom will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ian

[Lightweight_911]

The parts to rebuild the master cylinder are available from the usual places (Roger Bray sells it for ~£60) but I think the last time I bought a new master cylinder it was ~£90 so decided this was the better option.

I think I bought the m/cylinder from Eurocar Parts.

[69Olive]

Mine needed replacing last year and like Andy, I decided replacement at under £100 it was faster, safer and more likely to be right first time.

For a laugh, I put the old one on ebay (as a faulty item) and some kind American gentleman bought it for $25

[Ian Donkin]

Thanks guys - if ECP or GSF have one in then that's the route I'll take.