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Old May 2, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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The original master cylinder on my 1986 corvette finally gave up this past weekend.
I have used the search feature and still have a few questions:
1. Recommendation on a place to purchase a new MC.
2. 1986 MC has one cup for the break fluid, can I upgrade to a two cup MC?
3. I will also replace the booster at the same time. I found that it was recommend in my
search to go with a metal booster because of headers and durability reasons. Can someone
recommend a place to purchase the metal booster?

Hopefully I will be able to acquire the parts from the same source. Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by Vette Fast
The original master cylinder on my 1986 corvette finally gave up this past weekend.
I have used the search feature and still have a few questions:
1. Recommendation on a place to purchase a new MC.
2. 1986 MC has one cup for the break fluid, can I upgrade to a two cup MC?
3. I will also replace the booster at the same time. I found that it was recommend in my
search to go with a metal booster because of headers and durability reasons. Can someone
recommend a place to purchase the metal booster?

Hopefully I will be able to acquire the parts from the same source. Thanks in advance.
I replaced my '89 booster (but not MC) this past weekend, bought the part at Advance. Autozone also had it, but not in stock. Never got to NAPA but I bet they have them, too. Both stores also sold the booster with the MC together. This is for the OEM style plastic booster.

Scott
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Old May 2, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Vette Fast
The original master cylinder on my 1986 corvette finally gave up this past weekend.
I have used the search feature and still have a few questions:
1. Recommendation on a place to purchase a new MC.
2. 1986 MC has one cup for the break fluid, can I upgrade to a two cup MC?
3. I will also replace the booster at the same time. I found that it was recommend in my
search to go with a metal booster because of headers and durability reasons. Can someone
recommend a place to purchase the metal booster?

Hopefully I will be able to acquire the parts from the same source. Thanks in advance.
Corvette America has the metal or plastic OEM booster.
The master cyl depends on the steel line routes, not sure if the lines are the same on the 1 or 2 res MC.
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