RE: f' n master cynlinder depression

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

Are you sure you don't have a leak somewhere right after the M/C?  When I
got my '84 and was in the process of getting it on the road, the clutch
cable had sawed halfway through one of the brake lines within a couple
inches of the M/C.  (The clutch cable was exposed and the guy had still been
driving the car - you'd have to see his fix to believe it.)  The resulting
leak appeared to be where you describe, but when I replaced the brake line,
the leak was gone.

Are you sure all the brake lines were properly threaded into the new M/C and
tightened?  Sounds like that would be an easy thing to check first.

Aaron
'82 Scirocco
'84 Scirocco
'70 Bug - Hibernating
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of CLaYpOoLME@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 3:33 PM
> To: tinfool@home.com; m-carlson@home.com
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: f' n master cynlinder depression
>
>
> hey guys
> wassup?
>
> here's the scoop.  i went to a buddy of mine to get the rocco
> lowered ith hrs
> and bilsteins.  when he was in the process of pulling
> everything apart, he
> pulled me aside and told me that i needed brake pads.  hooked
> me for an extra
> 20 bucks on em and putthe whole car back together.  when we
> were about to
> take it out for the maiden voyage, i went to turn the car on
> and bam  the
> brake pedal went all the way to the floor.  he tried bleeding
> them with me
> and it didn't get any better.  this was the point where he
> told me that i
> needed a new master.  i bit the bullet, knowing that my brake
> pressure was
> nothing to rve about to begin with.  he dropped another one
> in for a mere 25
> bucks and all seemed to be running perfect.  until 2 days
> later.  i hit the
> brakes again and to the floorthey went.  opened up the hood
> ad the res was
> totally empty.  this was the point where i purchased multiple
> bottles of dot
> 4.  it seems to run out after every 100 or so miles of
> driving.. this is
> going to get really expensive.  although i
>  haven't yet opened everything up to take a huge look..a
> brief viw reveals
> that the fluid is coming out of the area where the master
> connects to the
> brake booster (in the rear). anybody have any sugestions as
> far as the
> rigging of this so it does not leak so bad?
> or how bout anybody with a m.c. that they could sell me for
> cheap (peter
> lindvall?).  this wouldn't be that big a deal cept on sat i'm
> supposed to be
> going to scott williams road rally. no brakes....probably not
> happening.
> does it even have to be a rocco master?  could one from lets
> say an audi 5k
> turbo fit?
>
> please guys...i really need ya this time.
>
> rob m
>
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