Burning Brake fluid Help!

[urbexia]

Can any one help me here, I have a 63 mk1 Sceptre that is sucking in brake fluid from the servo, any one know if i can rebuild the servo with new diaphragms etc or does any one have a spare they are willing to sell.

Were a little desperate as the car is booked out for a prom in a couple of weeks!

Thanks for any help in advance

Ian

[thowman]

Rebuilding servos is quite tricky. Best bet is to get a new one.

Something like this.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-LOCKHEED- ... 0487194188

[urbexia]

Hmm problem is that would never fit where the original one sits, and looks nothing like the one I have.

My one is the remote type that sits on the inner wing, separate master cylinder.

I've dismantled it and all I need is the diaphragm, must be able to get one somewhere ?

[thowman]

This is the remote type. I have one fitted to both my Sceptre and Super Minx.

I guess you might have a girling one fitted then?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mk1-Escort-AV ... 27cc7ced6e

They're a bit more expensive, although essentially does the same thing. My cars are both the lockheed ones I put in the first post.

[urbexia]

Lol sussed it..

It is a Lockheed but the "tank" put me off on mine its a lot smaller, so guessing older..

So with your first post being mentioning MG, I took a look at the one fitted to a spare MG we have. Turns out you were right first time.

Long story short, I now have the tank fitted to my original servo and all is well! no more plumes of white smoke.

Thanks buddy.

[thowman]

Glad to help.... sometimes it takes time to see the light.

Yesterday I spent 2 hours laying upside down in the Superminx trying to remove the plunger from the brake pedal so that I could remove the brake master cylinder. The clevis pin wasn't going to budge, so ended up dismantling the pedal (in order to get a socket and a G clamp on the clevis pin to remove it), only to find the pedal and plunger fall to the floor when I removed the pedal pivot pin. Turns out all I needed was to undo the two nuts holding the master cylinder onto the bulkhead. It's the first master cylinder I have seen with a removable plunger that's not retained by a circlip. So, two hours wasted and a strained back.

You're never too old to learn something new!