Re: Brake Master Cylinder Rebuild Kits?

["basfe25" <drrub46@xxxx>]

It is true that you can find a Master Cylinder rebuild kit in an 
autoparts store BUT you won't find one for the Delorean. There is a 
place called Apple Hydraulics ( www.applehydraulics.com ) that can 
resleave your master cylinder if it's pitted with a brass sleave for 
$60. If you want a complete rebuild, seals amd all, it will cost the 
same as buying a new one from the vendors ($175 for a new one). If 
your finances allow you too go for a new one otherwise you will be 
searching for a rebuild kit and if it turns out that the cylinder is 
pitted inside you'll wind up paying close to the same amount as a 
new one you can just drop in. People usually use rebuilders like 
Apple Hydraulics for cars that parts are extrememley rare and the 
prices are way overboard to buy.

Good luck,
Steve Rubano 

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, hostmaster@xxxx wrote:
> I tried to search the DML archives for this, but simply don't have 
> the time to bog through page after page of "my individual tastes 
are 
> right so I must protest anything different".
> 
> In fact, I greatly hesitate to pose this question in the Delorean 
> debating list, since I'm certain the majority response will be 
> attack, but it's the only place I know to ask.
> 
> I'm suspecting that my brake master cylinder needs replaced. 
> Actually, it's the assesment of my mechanic. (Please don't abuse 
my 
> mechanic - he's all I got, unless said abuser wishes to do my work 
> for me.)
> 
> He suggested that I might find a rebuild kit at an auto parts 
store, 
> rather than a whole new stock system. This seems reasonable, 
since 
> there's always the possibility that the problem is more than the 
> master cylinder. Easier to get that way, too.
> 
> Has anyone here ever had any experience with such a thing, that 
could 
> help me find a part number, type, etc? If you did try it, would 
you 
> try it again, etc?
> 
> My VIN is #2816 - it's an 1981, automatic.
> 
> If you have not tried this idea, and you think I should be burned 
at 
> the stake for even thinking about it, and are getting ready 
to "give 
> me what I deserve", please hold off until all the useful and 
> constructive statements are out of the way, first.
> 
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