Thanks for your follow-up. I've decided that I must and shall have a low
brake level warning system on my '67 Spitfire. My understanding is that
many Japanese and perhaps German cars have these float/switch sensors
attached to the cap to the reservoir. Ideally, I'd like to find either a
cap that will fit my existing Girling reservoir with a switch that is the
right size (the impossible dream?) or at least find a switch of the right
depth that can be removed from the OEM cap and reinstalled in my Girling
cap.
If anyone beats me to figuring out which year/model automobile would be
suitable for donor services, by all means, please post it to the list!
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Aribert_Neumann@magna.on.ca>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Fluid level switch in master cylinder - sensor possibilities
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> I recently had the opportunity to look at a European version (vehicle
assembled
> in England by an Isuzu/GM joint venture, Opal/Vauxhall badged) of an Isuzu
> vehicle. The European version had a float and switch in the M/C and did
not
> have a "proportioning valve" as found on US spec'ed vehicles. Looking
closer at
> the M/C reservoir on a US version all the features required for locating
the
> float & switch were in the reservoir All that was needed was a float and
the
> reservoir tapped for the level switch. I do not know if this feature is
common
> for all Euro countries or was a unique legal requirement for a specific
country.
> Leading up to the LBC content: assuming that the use of a level indicator
is
> common on vehicles sold in Europe in the past decade then maybe some of
our
> listers on the other side of the pond can speculate as to which master
cylinder
> reservoirs might be a good candidate for switch and float parts as
mentioned
> below.
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> From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
> Subject: Re: Dual master cylinder
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> Maybe that's because you enjoy the safety net of a dual reservoir braking
> system. The level warning switch would be a marvelous safety device for
> those of us with '67 and earlier Spitfires. I dare say it could make the
> difference between business as usual and catastrophe. I think that I'm
> going to pursue this and if I can come up with something viable, I'll
share
> it with the list. I would think that rigging a switch to the M/C that
warns
> you of a dangerously low fluid level should be fairly inexpensive and not
> too difficult. The most time consuming aspect of the whole thing is going
> to be finding the sensor itself.
>
> Jeff
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