John,
Dick's suggestion is a good one. Unfortunately, the fuel filter you
describe can be in a lot of places so I am not sure where the puddle
was when you describe it as near the fuel filter. If the previous
owner replaced the MC because it was leaking then the old MC might have
leaked quite a bit into the servo. I dont know how much of an angle
the car would need to be at in order to allow the servo to "leak" fluid
out the "front" of the servo near where the MC is mounted. As a source
of the leak this MIGHT be possible. After you wipe the car down well
and jack it up again as Dick suggested you might try using some tissue
paper as a means to determine where the leak is. Even a small drop of
fluid on a piece of tissue paper shows up quite well. My inane two
cents worth.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Sally or Dick Taylor <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:18:35 -0800
Subject: Re: brake fluid leak
John V.---To avoid fixing things that ain't broke, I'd suggest that
you
try duplicating the source of the brake fluid "leak". Wipe down all
suspected areas, and then jack up the rear of the car again. While in
this position, shine a light to see if and where the leak returns..
Pay particular attention to the area immediately under the MC, where it
bolts to the brake booster.
Dick
From: jvannorman@wowway.com(John VanNorman) Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2005,
10:33am
Another question for the list. I was doing some work on the car and had
the rear end up in the air with the front down (I would note that this
is the first time I've done that. 80% of the time I've been working on
things near the front of the car and only have the front end jacked up.
And when I've had the car completely off the ground, I put the rear end
up last). So now to the problem. After doing the work, I noticed brake
fluid on the garage floor. On the metal frame near the fuel filter I
could see brake fluid, but when I looked around the master cylinder and
the servo, I didn't see any obvious signs of leaking on either of them.
My stupid question of the week is this - would jacking the rear of car
up have caused brake fluid to leak somehow? I would think not and maybe
it was just a weird coincidence. Lastly, since I'm a newbie, what would
you recommend checking out? I would add that if I remember correctly,
the previous owner installed a new master cylinder just a few years ago
(I'm writing this at work and don't have my records on me right now -
don't tell the boss!).
John V.
74 1/2 TR
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