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RE: tr3b brakes - broken bleed nipple and old age

Subject: RE: tr3b brakes - broken bleed nipple and old age
From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 09:30:13 -0700
Cc: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>


On Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:41 AM, Westerdale, Bob 
[SMTP:bwesterdale@edax.com] wrote:
>
> I think there was at least 3 different cylinder diameters used in
> production, (.625, .700 and .750...) and now there is only 1 replacement
> size cylinder available.

Actually, there were 6 different wheel cylinders used on TR2-6 (2 Lockheed, 
4 Girling).  Substitutes appear to be available for 4 of them, the other 
two have to be replaced in pairs.

To my mind, price isn't nearly as much an issue as labor (although paying 
$95 instead of $10 isn't something I do gladly).  If the leak is caught 
early, I can throw in a repair kit in under an hour, while replacing both 
cylinders is at least a day's work, not counting all the time spent running 
from store to store on Sunday afternoon looking for a replacement hard line 
<g>

The difference is an extra day spent driving my Triumph !

Randall

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