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[panky]

 

 

 

Took delivery of a new brake servo. Had a bit of a nasty experience the other night on the way home from a pub meal when the brakes went a bit strange. Checked the fluid level the next morning and it was empty Went round all the cylinders and pipes with no sign of a leak - pulled the vac pipe off the manifold and brake fluid dripped out, probably the cause of the slight burny exhaust smell I get with the windows open. New servo to be fitted tomorrow.

Change the master cylinder too, had this on our 88 998 Mayfair

Dohhhhh, what an idiot I am What you said is of course true - where else would the fluid come from except the master cylinder, I was thinking remote servos not the type fitted to late Minis like mine
Took the old servo off

A bit damp in there



This is about half of what came out



The master cylinder is weeping ever so slightly at the back seal but I'll need to move the car around tomorrow and will order a new master next week

OOOOO shiny



Isn't the bottom fixing nut interesting to get back on

We had an issue where the car would drain the reservoir but if I filled it back up the pedal is still perfect, the servo was dry the cap was changed a few times.

We never did find the issue but replaced the master cylinder with a new one and it's been perfect since

 

 

Sounds familiar, new one should be arriving today.

[panky]

Parcel arrived at 12 o' clock. New brake master fitted and all working as it should

The old one had started dribbling out of the rear seal again and the car hasn't moved since I fitted the new servo, except for a quick test drive - now lets see if the burny exhaust smell has gone

Edited by panky, 17 August 2018 - 02:10 PM.

[cal844]

Parcel arrived at 12 o' clock. New brake master fitted and all working as it should
The old one had started dribbling out of the rear seal again and the car hasn't moved since I fitted the new servo, except for a quick test drive - now lets see if the burny exhaust smell has gone

Did you drain the servo? Did you test the one way valve on the vacuum line?

[panky]

Fitted a new servo as the old one looked very grotty and gave the vac pie a suck and a blow - tasty brake fluid

[Mini Waco]

Planned my next Mini Run.. I don't have access to the fabulous England Mini Meets, but we do have some cool routes in the States..  Come November, I will drive my Mini - Ride my Mini on the Tail of the Dragon.  318 Curves in 11 miles and one of the top 10 most scenic routes in the US..

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[Ol timer]

Knocked up a MK1 style Switch plate for my MK3. swapped rocker switches for Toggle and used old Style Choke and heater cables

 

Needs a bit of cosmetic finishing  then its done

 

 

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[leyland73]

Drove 10 miles round trip to get ice cream to go with our rhubarb crumble! We had custard inthe cupboard, but I honestly didn’t mind going out for the ice cream.

[paul50]

Went to a classic car meet in Hempstead. Lots of nice cars and a few mini’s

[ClassicAsh]

washed, polished, tyres blacked. drive... smiled.... it still has it !

[SolarB]

Let my 20 year old daughter drive the Mini on a private drive for the first time. Up until now she has only ever driven the Fiat 500, Galaxy and her driving instructors small car.

 

"Dad, I now totally get what it's all about".

 

[harrythehat]

cleaned engine bay and found strange markings on my head

[harrythehat]

cleaned engine bay and found strange markings on my head

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[KTS]

cleaned engine bay and found strange markings on my head

 

that's odd - does it spell GEORGE or GFORGE ?

[panky]

cleaned engine bay and found strange markings on my head

 

Is that when you banged it on the bonnet catch - more than once

[harrythehat]

Defo G Forge

If it was George would say No! his name is Jasper cant have two names in one car