Attaboy!! Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2023, at 9:52 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The last couple of days I have been working on the master cylinder > reservoir. I was able to remove it and clean it up by pouring 70% > isopropyl alcohol into it and shaking it, followed by repeating the > process with 91% isopropyl alcohol. > > Cleaning was somewhat difficult because the volume of the reservoir is > divided into four internal compartments, which are connected by small > holes in the walls near the top of the reservoir -- the forward > compartment (for the rear brakes) has a small hole at the very top of > the reservoir which connects to the fill hole right under the cap by > a "bump" on top of the reservoir. > > The pictures attached are an attempt to show the before and after > conditions without sending many pictures. > > I used a Stanley Wonderbar to remove the reservoir from the master > cylinder. After replacing the master cylinder's grommets (which did > not seem all that bad), I moistened the reservoir's short "pipes" and > the grommets with a little brake fluid and started to put the reservoir > back on the master cylinder. This required a little (careful) persuasion > with a rubber mallet and a short piece of 2x4 ... > > I would have done a little better job cleaning the reservoir if I could > have found in the Big Room the package of acid brushes I saw a couple of > weeks ago and put somewhere I could find them. > > In the process of reinstalling the reservoir, I also misplaced one of the > new button caps for the tops of the level float shafts (the old ones are > hard as rocks). > > > Craig > <dirty-bottom-02.jpg> > <cleaned-installed-01.jpg> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
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