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Early master cylinder redo

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I thought I'd put on a couple of pictures just for general amusement... In my project boxes I have a good Lockheed mc that was disassembled in the early 70's and over time internal bits were lost. After some reading ( and looking over the MOSS cat) I decided to see if I could source a junk mc and get the missing parts. I was able to find two MGA cylinders, but no TR stuff. The MGA1500 internals are a match and the MGA1600 unit pistons are very similar, but beveled on the leading edge so they fit w/o a spring against the lead cup. As units they are not direct replacements for the TR, though 7/8 bore, they are lower reservoir volume. In the case of the 1500 a smaller unit, and a domed cover is used on the 1600 to solve that for the disk brakes. The thread on the line fittings is also different. All in all my TR mc went together ok, and I was even able to salvage one of the MGA units.

you need.jpgfit outer seal over tool.jpgline up in vise.jpgslide into place.jpgMGA and TR2-3.jpg
 
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