Current Master Cylinder Preferences
I went with beck/arnley units from Rock auto. Will install them this weekend and hopefully they hold up for the long haul.
Motorhead, did you bench bleed the unit before install?
Motorhead, did you bench bleed the unit before install?
Yes I bench bled, Atalntic British has a video on this, and they say you cannot properly bench bleed a disco MC due to the rear brake reservoir casting design? So when I bleed a second time (after about a week of driving it), I had a friend stop by, and I started at the MC to make sure there wasn't any air there, never seen any come out. I drove for another week or so and noticed the pedal getting squishy until I felt it wasn't safe to drive, then on to the 3rd bleed using the ABS. I had new feeling brakes again, but that slowly went away over the next week. Im 99% sure the MC is allowing air into the system slowly...
I purchased another MC from the same Ebay seller, returned the original one I bought. I have bleed multiple times both manual and using the ABS pump, I can't seem to get full firm pedal. The brakes now with the current MC hold (Im not loosing brake pressure over time now), but I still don't have a firm immediate pedal like in my other Disco. Drives me nuts. While power bleeding the ABS pump, I get very low pressure out of the two rear most brake lines on top, the front two have a lot of pressure coming out, Im wondering if I have an issue with the pump. The brakes worked great before the MC change. ugh..lol
I've used several aftermarket MC's with zero issues. They've been either a goldish color or aluminum bodied unit. Cheapest before all the crazy price increases was 58.00 and the most expensive was around 150.00.
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