Dry Master Cylinder - No Sign of Leak

[Frank v R]

Hi Phil , do you have a booster on your Hup?

[rob love]

Pull a wheel and drum, pull back the cylinder boot, and see what you find. If you find a bunch of white sludge, then you know you have a slow leak and it has dried out in the boots.

Since you are holding pressure, and are not showing visible signs of the leakage, it sounds like you have a few years to go yet. The remote reservoir, while not original, is a good indicator as to the serviceability of your system and it's rate of loss. I am installing them on several of the museum M-series vehicles for safety reasons.

[r.morrison]

Phil .....I too went through the same problem and with the same dilemma and it's nice to get everyone's 2 cents on "what makes things tick". HOWEVER.....he said...."tongue in cheek" .....Lynn's description, on my first reading was like listening to your high school gym class/health class teacher describe the pros and cons of sexual intercourse and good/aged condoms. Just kidding Lynn....my warped sense of humour. Apologies to all and Lynn....Robert

[Lynn Eades]

Phil, my immediate thought on your last post was" was it the porta-power that backed off?"

[rob love]

As an example of how little a loss of fluid will lead to a loss of pressure, the DND sent a message warning that the mico brake lock on the deuce was not to be used as a parking brake for anything other than very short term. The mico brake was a in-line solenoid that would lock the brake pressure into the system to be used for things like winching.

Once applied, the loss of as little as 3 drops would lead to the brakes releasing.