Brake Master Cylinder

[me myself and I]

1997 2ltr DOHC petrol.

People looks like myu master cylinder is on its way out.Renewed brake lines and mecchy said he had serious trouble getting pressure.Rang Motor factors and they came back with main dealer item.Rang main dealer and was told that it was A DISCONTINUED ITEM :lol: ;) :o .

Surely this cant be true with such a vital safety part.Is there anywhere online where I could get one of these.

Also would it be possible that the lid on the resevoir is a bit duff.Thought I read somewhere here that it was subject to a recall.

[Beyond Help?]

What did he mean, problems getting pressure? Do the brakes work properly?

 

If you put your foot on the pedal whilst stationary does the pedal continue to sink all the way to the floor?

 

Is the pedal hard or soft?

 

When was the fluid last changed?

[me myself and I]

The pedal does not travel all the way to the floor regardless how hard I stand on the pedal (and I am not a small fella) when the engine is running.

The pedal seems soft but not too soft.I have no diffuclty breaking and can stop it on a penny.(no ABS)

When the engine is off the pedal goes rock solid.

I dont really know what he meant by not getting pressure but he changed the rear brake lines just before xmas as they were rusted so fluid would have been changed then.

I am gonna get a second opinion to-nite.

 

Ford got back onto me with regards to the discontinued master cylinder.

Galaxy's now use left hand drive B M C's with 2 blanking plugs and that is why they were coming up as discontinued on MK1's.

[gregers]

might be worth giving fords your chassis number to see whether your car has missed a recall,i did with my old one and they changed the master cylinder f.o.c :o ,no harm in asking.

[NikpV]

When was the fluid last changed?

 

slightly off topic - I thought the fluid change was to prevent the water picked up by the fluid(hydroscopic) corroding the pipes

[me myself and I]

Got a second opinion last nite.Mechanic said that master cylinder seems ok but reckons there is an airlock in the system somewhere.There is no tell tale signs of failing/failed master cylinder and brakes ,even though there is long travel, seemed spot on.Will bleed all 4 corners to-morrow when changing wishbone.

[tiny]

The Ford Master cylinder for a 2.0 petrol was discontinued in IIRC 99 and replaced by a later type (4 ports IPO 2 on the earlier model) Ford do a retrofit kit that includes blanking plugs for the later type to revert it to a 2 port variant.

 

The ford kit is about

Edited March 11, 2008 by tiny

[me myself and I]

the part no/code I was given by Ford is 7200918 for the new type of B M C at a price of

[Beyond Help?]

When was the fluid last changed?

 

slightly off topic - I thought the fluid change was to prevent the water picked up by the fluid(hydroscopic) corroding the pipes

Yes, that is correct, but also old fluid is more compressable due to the water contamination.