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Old 18th October 2020, 08:06   #31
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And a bucket near by to kick now and then if it's your first time
I thought that would be for the blood?
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Old 18th October 2020, 08:09   #32
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I was so enamoured with the clutch setup on the 75 that I bought an auto! This was after I strained both my back and my left knee whilst trying to sort the master cylinder out! They should have put it where Mr Haynes says it is!
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Old 18th October 2020, 12:45   #33
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Old 18th October 2020, 12:48   #34
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I would like to add a real bright l led torch with a magnet so you can fasten it in different locations under the dash and put something on your left arm to cover your wrists.
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I've been using one of these in the footwell to get some light onto the master cylinder cap. It can point in just about any angle you can think of. A great bit of kit - I've used it all over the car.


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I think frenchmike or maybe Mike Noc(?) Knocked up something from the the old slave cylinder. Cut the two pipes and joins the connector and the nipple into one.
You mean FrenchMike or Mike Noc (or someone else) did this:

1) Cut the old slave pipes where shown.



2) Join them together like this (yellow rectangle represents a fitting):



The question is, what fitting? Those SC pipes are 6.1mm outside diameter so the brake pipe fittings I've already got won't do it (they're for 4.76mm outside diameter).



PS. I think post 58 here might be FrenchMike's original post on the reverse bleed method. I can't find a post where he's cannibalised the old slave to make a bleed nipple-to-gold connector pipe.
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..... The question is, what fitting? Those SC pipes are 6.1mm outside diameter so the brake pipe fittings I've already got won't do it (they're for 4.76mm outside diameter).
I just checked the pipes on the old slave and they're completely different to the ones on the new slave above. The old pipes are plastic and they've got an outside diameter of 9.4mm.



Here's the part number (it's an original factory SC).

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I think frenchmike or maybe Mike Noc(?) Knocked up something from the the old slave cylinder. Cut the two pipes and joins the connector and the nipple into one.
Dave - it was Marinabrian.



See post 2 here - https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=250908. Those are metal pipes on his so it doesn't help much re joining my old plastic ones.
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The old pipes are plastic and they've got an outside diameter of 9.4mm.
I wonder if they'll just push together - i.e. strip the plastic pipe off this....



.... and push the metal nipple fitting into the plastic pipe on this (having cut it square first):



It might work if I dunk the pipe in boiling water for five minutes.
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Old 18th October 2020, 14:14   #38
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Dave - it was Marinabrian.



See post 2 here - https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...d.php?t=250908. Those are metal pipes on his so it doesn't help much re joining my old plastic ones.

Yep. That has got Frabtel written all over it!
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Yep. That has got Frabtel written all over it!

Frabtel ??
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Yes Brian labelled all his home made items as being Frabtel. Not sure of the origin though.
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