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Subject: Brake Fluid Spill
From: "David Macedonia" <david.macedonia@verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:27:17 -0400
It's a sad day...

I decided to go for a drive in the 'B yesterday only to discover less than a 
block away from the house that I had no clutch pressure...none. I managed to 
turn it around and get it back into the garage where I discovered that the 
clutch master cylinder had leaked all over the firewall and ruined my new, 
shiny black paint. Bummer.

Now, the root cause of this catastrophe is the master cylinder repair kit 
that I installed many years ago, but only put into service last December. 
I'm guessing the "new" seals weren't so new by the time I needed them to 
work! Oh well. This time I'm buying a brand new master cylinder. I should 
probably buy a new brake master cylinder while I'm at it because I rebuilt 
that one too.

So, I need to repaint the pedal box and cover (I've had good success with 
Rustoleum Appliance Epoxy Enamel), but how do I make sure that I get all the 
hydraulic fluid off the firewall to make sure it doesn't continue to eat 
through the paint? I've scraped off all the bubbled paint (I wanted to cry), 
but I don't want to paint over it (I'll probably use the touch-up paint my 
body man gave me) until I'm sure all the fluid is gone.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

David Macedonia
1966 MGB
Crofton, MD 




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