Juice:
Let's start with the basics. What kind of car do you have?
I'm thinking it's a TR6, and if so, your brake fluid is draining into your brake
booster. You need a rebuilt M/C, and you'll need to take off the booster and
shake the fluif out of it. (This will take longer than you think.)
You're probably losing gasoline out of the bottom o-ring in the carburetor.
--
Martin Secrest
72 TR6
73 GT6
The Juice of One Lemon wrote:
> There is no brake fluif in my master cylinder. Which is easy to
> fix, except I have yet to determine where the old fluif went. Of
> course, I haven't looked yet. I'm seriously considering the four
> piston Toyota caliper conversion, and a complete rebuild of the
> rest of the system.
>
> The fan on the alternator was striking the body and making a
> horrible racket. I took the whole unit off and spun it by hand,
> and you could hear the bearings grinding. I bought a rebuilt
> unit from VB, and am very disappointed. The threads on the
> shaft, onto which the big nut screws to hold the fan and pulley,
> has seriously messed up threads. The rebuilder should have
> either rejected the shaft, or run a die over the threads to clean
> them up. I was going to do that myself, but then I figured that
> I shouldn't have to repair a part I just spent $120 bucks on.
> I'm going to send it back and get one from TRF.
>
> And . . .
>
> I just noticed a steady drip of fuel from the front carburetor.
> I doubt that they have been touched since they were screwed onto
> the manifold twenty-nine years ago, so it looks like a rebuild is
> in order there, as well. The engine runs just fine, but it makes
> the garage stink like gasoline and it can't be safe.
>
> So this afternoon, I'll be taking off the wheels and putting it
> up on jack stands to check out the brakes. I've been having
> dangerous thoughts, like, "Take the whole car apart and rebuild
> it from the frame up."
>
> Get thee behind me, Satan.
>
>
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