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Re: Brake Master Cylinder - rebuild

To: Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Brake Master Cylinder - rebuild
From: Mark Carpenter <tbird481@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:10:29 -0700
Well, so I checked again and there are 2 different inner seals...ok, going
to the eye doctor soon...now if i can get a clue about which ones are for
the front and which are for the rear! help?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Carpenter" <tbird481@pacbell.net>
To: <Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Brake Master Cylinder - rebuild


> Hi Tom,
> Great question on whether the 69 master is the same, altho according the
> "Clymer" seems it's the same. I should've posted that my roadster is a
67.5;
> the master is the dual cylinder type and the seal I munged up is the one
> that is really (the adjective &%$($& fits!) difficult to put on the rear
> piston. There's 4 total of these seals total and they look all the same to
> me.
>
> Can any one else shed some light?
> thanks,
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Hendricksen" <tom@fransfancies.com>
> To: "'Roadsters (E-mail)'" <Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Brake Master Cylinder - rebuild
>
>
> > Mark,
> >
> > Which of the two seals are you looking for.  One has a very short
> horizontal
> > surface and the other has a horizontal surface about twice as long.  I
> just
> > rebuilt my master and slave cylinders over the weekend (69 2000) and I
> found the
> > short horizontal seal very easy to install, but that other one is a real
> > (&%$)$&.  I don't think I damaged it, and if it is the same as the rear
> slave
> > cylinders I have a couple of spares due to incorrect rear slave kits
(510
> I
> > think).  I used parts from both correct and the incorrect kits to get
> everything
> > I wanted on the 3/4" rear slaves.
> >
> > If you need the longer horizontal surface I have a couple.  If they are
> same as
> > the rear slave cylinders I will mail you one.  Hopefully someone on the
> list can
> > tell us whether that is a good option for you.
> >
> > Tom
> > 69 2000
> > SRL311-12401
> >
> > Mark Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > > Rebuilding my brake master cylinder....well, actually fixing the
rebuild
> I
> > > just did since it turns out I punctured one of the internal seals.
> Anyone
> > > out there know if the inner 3/4" seals are the same as other late
model
> > > Datsuns or other makes? I just need one and it was a pain finding the
> first
> > > rebuild kit (but I'll buy one of those if i need to). The rest of the
> master
> > > is in pretty good shape.
> > > thanks,
> > > Mark
> > >
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