The MC that i have is set up for a dual circuit.
Thanks,
Dave
>From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
>To: David Mayer <celiracer81@hotmail.com>, Spitfire list
><spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: master cylinder rebuild kit
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:38:36 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Does your car have a single or dual brake circuit?
>The later MCs were designed for a dual circuit.
>The car's firewall also needed a depression
>stamped in it to make room for the larger reservoir.
>
>The very old brake MCs looked like the clutch MC, but
>there may have been an intermediate single-circuit
>model with a plastic reservoir.
>
>The bottom line is this: Does your MC have one or two
>hydraulic lines going to it?
>
>BTW, I would not buy from eBay a new part that I could
>get
>from a vendor, unless it was much cheaper. Just too
>many
>ways to end up disappointed...
>
>Doug Braun
>'82 Spit
>
>--- David Mayer <celiracer81@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I found that my brake master cylinder is leaking.
> > I think i will just
> > pick up a rebuild kit for it but i am not sure which
> > one to get. My master
> > cylinder is the one with the large plastic
> > reservoir. Isn't that considered
> > a later model master cylinder? The car is a '68,
> > but weren't those master
> > cylinders only fixed to later years? As I am typing
> > this, I found an
> > auction on Ebay for a rebuild kit for 76-80 master,
> > would that work for
> > mine?
> > Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.
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