Bolted in my master cylinder last night & then realised the bottom outlet is only 20mm above a chassis member.
Any ideas, does anyone sell a brass 90 bend ?


Master cylinder fouling chassis

[Edited on 11/2/07 by bodger]

Is it possible to re-drill the bulkhead and turn the cylinder round a bit? Or is there stuff in the way?

I could re drill but then the reservoir wont be level & I'll have two more holes.

Oops

I think I'd be looking for a diffferent master cylinder

Ah, now the pics there, I'd have to agree with buying another one with the outlets in a different place.

Thanks for the replies, any suggestions as to a suitable replacement I'm using 9" drums at the rear & probably powerlites up front.

Could try taking it to your local motor factors and seeing if they have one of the same bore but with different outlets.

The standard Girling or Wilwood have the outlets on the top side

Or how about a little sideways action from rally Design - not cheap though



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Ouch RazMan £80 + VAT, think I might try the local MF guy first.

Have a word with your local hydraulics supplier - they can probably make up a 90 degree fitting for you. You may have to insert it before bolting up the m/c mountings though as I doubt you will have enough room. You might even get away with machining a little metal off the boss to increase clearance that way - worth a look.

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Blanking plug in the bottom and a short pipe with a T piece to split to two pipes again.

yes, I agree. I' am 100% sure.

Yes agree stick a nipple or blanking plug in.
If you using a nipple just cut it down enough to clear.

Now why didn't I think of that!

*edit* If that is a tandem m/c then he would only have one half working. You will need to connect to the other one for both circuits I'm afraid.


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Mine was the same - different cylinder, but still a bottom outlet... The cylinder outlet isnt above the rail is it? You should be able to bend a bit of tube so it goes down between the chassis rails (not under them), then loops up onto the top of one of them.

David

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Mine was the same - different cylinder, but still a bottom outlet... The cylinder outlet isnt above the rail is it?

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*edit* If that is a tandem m/c then he would only have one half working. You will need to connect to the other one for both circuits I'm afraid.

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Simply plug that hole and use a T piece instead to each wheel…

The two front outlets go to the front wheels and the rear circuit is the back outlet so blanking it will work. We used the other front outlet for a brake light switch on a friends car without any problems.

Ahhhh