Posted by wayneh [73.173.194.50] on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 22:19:02 :
OK, how many people have a hard time keeping the master cylinder full on your Power Wagons when you are bleeding the lines? It seems like after three pushes all the way down the brake fluid reservoir is empty, and at least for me filling it is a headache.
A few weeks ago while hanging out with Doc Langford I saw his really cool remote set up. It is easy to copy and basically adds another fluid reservoir to the existing MC.
Parts you will need is a remote MC reservoir available from Amazon. Get the "Allstar ALL42045 Single Outlet Master Cylinder Remote Reservoir". Next, you can modify your existing master cylinder cap, but I didn't want to do that so I went to the hydraulic store and bought a 1/2" inverted flare nut. It has the same 18 TPI/3/4" that the MC cap has. Tap that with a 1/4" NPT tap and install a 5/16" barb. Stick (I used JB weld) big washer on the end so you can put an O ring on it to seal it. Hook up some 5/16" tube and you are good to go!
The image to this link is the modified cap with the O ring. The next post will have the MC installed.
Again, many thanks to Doc for this great idea. It worked great and Paula was happy to help bleed the brakes today!
Wayne
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