Of course, sometimes you will find that the aluminum cylinders are
flawlessly perfect (as many are found coming from Colorado, Arizona, New
Mexico, and other dry states), yet the 34+ year old rubber has
deteriorated... which is why it's not such a bad idea to have rebuild kits
on hand.
Mike, I don't know the numbers off hand, but know that Stan Chernoff had
some earlier this year? I'll see what I can do to find out the rebuild
numbers though.
Eric
> James,
>
> The best advice anyone will give you is
> to purchase new slave cylinders from one
> of the vendors the first time and forget
> about rebuild kits unless you plan to
> have the old aluminum cylinders relined
> with stainless steel or brass as part of
> your rebuild. The same goes for the
> master cylinders, which I think are
> still available from Nissan.
>
> The aluminum bodies of these cylinders
> are very touchy about reconditioning,
> and the effort will fail many more times
> than it will succeed. I learned this
> the expensive way when I purchased
> rebuild kits, experienced complete
> failure, and ended up purchasing two new
> master cylinders and new slave cylinders
> for the rear brakes and clutch.
>
> Tom
> 69 2000 "Mr. Hyde"
> Portland, Oregon
> http://www.acmehomesales.com/datsun
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