New master cylinder install
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2004
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.....simple.try and remove the fluid from the old mc (just an option)....
....take some line wrenches and remove the brake lines from the mc along with the electrical connector attached to the side...
....remove the nuts that hold the m/c to the brake booster and pull straight out....
...when reinstalling new mc, take old reservoirs from old mc (after you drain them out and clean) and attach to the new mc (assuming that yours doesn't have them on already)....this requires a but of "oomph!"...
....bolt new mc onto brake booster (don't drop the rod sticking out of the booster and make sure it lines up with the rear "cup" at the back of the mc)...
...your new mc should have come with a kit of plastic fittings and a few pieces of plastic hose for bleeding purposes. if it didn't go to a parts store and but a cheap universal bleeding kit...
....screw in the plastic fittings into the brake line ports on the mc and attach the plastic hoses to same, and loop back into the resovoirs...
....fill with fluid and pump the brakes until all the air is removed from the mc as reflected by the lack or cessation of bubbles in the brake fluid...
...reattach the brake lines and if it were me, flush/bleed the entire system.....
....take some line wrenches and remove the brake lines from the mc along with the electrical connector attached to the side...
....remove the nuts that hold the m/c to the brake booster and pull straight out....
...when reinstalling new mc, take old reservoirs from old mc (after you drain them out and clean) and attach to the new mc (assuming that yours doesn't have them on already)....this requires a but of "oomph!"...
....bolt new mc onto brake booster (don't drop the rod sticking out of the booster and make sure it lines up with the rear "cup" at the back of the mc)...
...your new mc should have come with a kit of plastic fittings and a few pieces of plastic hose for bleeding purposes. if it didn't go to a parts store and but a cheap universal bleeding kit...
....screw in the plastic fittings into the brake line ports on the mc and attach the plastic hoses to same, and loop back into the resovoirs...
....fill with fluid and pump the brakes until all the air is removed from the mc as reflected by the lack or cessation of bubbles in the brake fluid...
...reattach the brake lines and if it were me, flush/bleed the entire system.....
