Leak in Master Cylinder

SoCalMike > wrote in
:

> TeGGeR® wrote:
>>
>> Here's a fun one:
>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/rusty...old_rotors.jpg
>> This person came to me complaining of "grinding" from her Aerostar's
>> brakes. How long had this been happening? "Oh, it just started..."
>> Yeah, right.
>> Yes, the inner rotor face is totally gone. It takes a while to work
>> the piston back into the caliper when it's sticking out that far.
>
> shoulda kept driving it, and it woulda turned from a vented rotor to a
> solid one!
>


Ah yes, an unvented rotor...suddenly, it's the '70s again!

LOL

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On 17 May 2005 00:58:47 -0700, wrote:

>
> I took my 89 Civic car to two mech. They told me my car is leaking
>from m/c. They told me to replace right away. I talked about brake
>line leaking. They jacked it up and showed me my brake line are all
>fine. He said just change the m/c. My simply thought is m/c is so
>small I'm thinking I can changed by myself. I believe
>the leak is between m/c and power boost. is there a seal or
>gasket place bewteen m/c and power boost. all I can do is just
>unscrew two bolts holding a m/c from power boost. do you think
>I just replace the seal or gasket rather than replace the whole
>master cylinder?


This isn't really a difficult job to do (~about an hr or less). I'd
recommend you get a Haynes manual or the factory manual if this is
your first time doing this. Just have someone on hand to assist you
with purging air out of the system (at the MC after install and at
each end of the brake lines) and have a flair wrench to loosen the
screws for the brake lines at the MC.


Nick

Nick wrote:
> On 17 May 2005 00:58:47 -0700, wrote:
>
>
>>I took my 89 Civic car to two mech. They told me my car is leaking
>
>>from m/c. They told me to replace right away. I talked about brake
>
>>line leaking. They jacked it up and showed me my brake line are all
>>fine. He said just change the m/c. My simply thought is m/c is so
>>small I'm thinking I can changed by myself. I believe
>>the leak is between m/c and power boost. is there a seal or
>>gasket place bewteen m/c and power boost. all I can do is just
>>unscrew two bolts holding a m/c from power boost. do you think
>>I just replace the seal or gasket rather than replace the whole
>>master cylinder?
>
>
>
> This isn't really a difficult job to do (~about an hr or less). I'd
> recommend you get a Haynes manual or the factory manual if this is
> your first time doing this. Just have someone on hand to assist you
> with purging air out of the system (at the MC after install and at
> each end of the brake lines) and have a flair wrench to loosen the
> screws for the brake lines at the MC.
>
>
> Nick

for most people nick, that would be sound advice. however, the o.p. is
well known here and regularly demonstrates a frightening inability to
grasp basic mechanics. google this forum for some of their posts. the
/only/ safe advice here is to take the vehicle to someone that knows
what they're doing.

In article >, jim beam
> wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> > On 17 May 2005 00:58:47 -0700, wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I took my 89 Civic car to two mech. They told me my car is leaking
> >
> >>from m/c. They told me to replace right away. I talked about brake
> >
> >>line leaking. They jacked it up and showed me my brake line are all
> >>fine. He said just change the m/c. My simply thought is m/c is so
> >>small I'm thinking I can changed by myself. I believe
> >>the leak is between m/c and power boost. is there a seal or
> >>gasket place bewteen m/c and power boost. all I can do is just
> >>unscrew two bolts holding a m/c from power boost. do you think
> >>I just replace the seal or gasket rather than replace the whole
> >>master cylinder?
> >
> >
> >
> > This isn't really a difficult job to do (~about an hr or less). I'd
> > recommend you get a Haynes manual or the factory manual if this is
> > your first time doing this. Just have someone on hand to assist you
> > with purging air out of the system (at the MC after install and at
> > each end of the brake lines) and have a flair wrench to loosen the
> > screws for the brake lines at the MC.
> >
> >
> > Nick
>
> for most people nick, that would be sound advice. however, the o.p. is
> well known here and regularly demonstrates a frightening inability to
> grasp basic mechanics. google this forum for some of their posts. the
> /only/ safe advice here is to take the vehicle to someone that knows
> what they're doing.

Great post--I agree with you.

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