Andy,
If you saved the washers from the 510 cyl you could use them. If the old
washers that you have are copper and not damaged you can anneal them. To
anneal them you can heat them with a propane torch and drop them in water
to quench them. They should be soft enough to seal if you use a big wrench
to tighten the fittings. You can hold the body in a good vise with smooth
jaws if your remove the bleed fittings. Don't squeeze too much.
Replacement washers are hard to locate and were not included in Nissan seal
kits.
Stan
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At 12:01 PM 5/16/2004 -0500, Andy Cost wrote:
>There are two large crush washers on the master cylinder. They seal the
>aluminum cylinder to the iron part that the brake lines screw into. Can
these
>washers be purchased at a local autoparts store? Do I need to buy a rebuild
>kit to get them? A couple of years ago I bought a master cylinder for a 510
>and then swapped out the iron parts. This allowed me to continue using my
>standard thread brake lines. I didn't replace the crush washers at the time
>and they have always seeped a little. I am putting together my new race car
>and don't want brake fluid all over my new paint. The old car was so nasty
>that there was no real worry.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andy Cost
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