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jerrybny

jerrybny

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I have to replace my cluctch master cylinder and am wondering if anyone has bought 1 from Victoria British,Moss Motors or TRF. and what their results were. Moss sells an after market one that is much cheaper than the stock one but I leary of the quality. well appreciate anyone that has used one of these and what their results were. Thanks
 
I bought one from VB last Spring and had to rebuild it late summer. Their rubber does not hold up to Dot 5. Rebuild kit from TRF has been fine.
The other decision you have is which size bore to purchase.
 
Every chinese made hydralic part that I have had experience with has either been junk right out of the box or failed shortly after.
My 2 cents worth.

Alan T
 
I recently bough one for my Midget and I appeared to be of decent quality. The one I replaced also came from VB, purchased about 15 years ago. From the other posts, it appears that the quality may have gone down. I guess I will find out.

Regards,
Dominic
78 Midget
Clayton, NY
 
Hi,

You may want to shop around a bit.

Girling MCs are very standard stuff and pretty widely available. The version with the smaller reservoir is used for both brake and clutch applications on a variety of cars. You might find it cheaper at non-LBC vendors. But $89(.75") and $99 (.70") at TRF or $80 (.75") at Moss USA aren't too bad. Also available for $99 (.75") at www.pegasusautoracing.com.

There are other alternatives, such as the Wilwood .75" clone ($50 at www.jegs.com and www.summitracing.com). Some other manufacturers with similar MCs are AP and Tilton.

TR6 came with .70" clutch MC, but you might want to take this opportunity to go to a .75" bore (please see recent Tilton Clutch MC discussion here). Your leg will need to work slightly harder, but you'll have taken one of the first steps to help correct some of the weakness in the TR6 clutch setup. Plus the .75" size is more commonly available and tends to be cheaper.

Assuming the reason you want to replace rather than rebuild is that the bore of the MC is damaged, you can also have an old MC resleeved, if you wish. www.applehydraulics.com and www.whitepost.com offer this service, probably others do as well. I haven't gotten a price lately, don't know if it's worthwhile for a clutch MC, but it can be helpful for NLA items such as the large-reservoir brake MC used on TR4.

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Based on past experience, I'd want to stay with a true Girling replacement cylinder. Last year, I tried to save a good friend some money by buying Moss's "aftermarket" wheel cylinders for his MGA 1500. They functioned ok, but only after several minutes of intense FILING of the body of the rear cylinders to make them fit and slide properly. And they simply did not seem anywhere near as substantial as the original Lockheed cylinders. Finally, I don't believe rebuild kits are readily available for those aftermarket cylinders.

I don't remember HAVING to replace very many Girling master cylinders over many, many years of Triumph ownership; regardless, after putting in a brand-new Girling master cylinder, I would not expect to have to replace it for a good long time! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I bought a new after market clutch master from BP Northwest for $58 last fall. The part came in a County box but when I pulled it out it clearly had the Girling name in the casting.
Here is a link to it.
Clutch Master
 
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