You are absolutely correct. It takes 4 hands but it works. Tape some
plastic over the fenderwell-under the MC. I found two thread bolt plugs
that fit easily and two red plastic caps to cover the ends of the lines. I
loosened the line nuts one at a time and my wife was ready to screw in the
plugs. On went the red caps and Bob's your uncle. Amazing how little
hydraulic fluid dripped out of the MC during the switch over. The Brake
Booster was an easy removal and it is packed up ready to be shipped off.
Bill Wellbaum
British Auto Club of Las Vegas
baclv.org---Check out our website.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: "Bill Wellbaum" <wcwellbaum@cox.net>; "6pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR-6 brake booster
> Bill---I have removed and replaced the MC without bleeding the brakes.
> This requires that some thought is necessary so that little, if any, fluid
> is lost in the lines when disconnecting the lines at the MC. Same when
> reconnecting them. Have rags under to catch inevitable drips. Fingers
> ready to plug each threaded connection at the MC, in turn. Or, if you
> happen to have a spare MC handy, you can have the right size thread plugs
> ready to place in body of the MC that you are about to disconnect. Plastic
> tube plugs on hand to slip over the lines. (Auto parts stores have packs
> of various sizes) The worse that can happen if you are not successful, is
> you get to bleed the brake system.
>
> Dick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Wellbaum
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 5:49 AM
> To: 6pack
> Subject: [6pack] TR-6 brake booster
>
> Time to replace the brake booster. Shop manual says to drain the
> reservoir
> and remove the master cylinder--which means on reassembly you have to
> bleed
> the brakes. Is it possible to remove/replace the booster without
> completely
> disconnecting the reservoir/master cylinder from the hydraulic lines
> first?
>
> Bill Wellbaum
> Las Vegas
>
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