I'm kinda feeling like a dumbass now. Where is the res. for the rear? My master cylider seems to have only one fill point.

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1989 300E 144K

dont feel bad. ignorance can be cured with a small dose of knowledge.

one fill point. the reservour is divided inside. the rear part is a little hard to see into and is easily overlooked when empty. just fill the res up to the full line and it will spill over and fill the back part which is for the back brakes.

hope that cures it.

you will be fine.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I thought the front half of the reservoir feeds the rears and the rear half feeds the fronts. Either way, make sure you top it up and give it time to overflow to the other side. I sometimes need to hold a shop light up to the reservoir to make sure there is fluid in both.

Len

The rear reservoir feeds the rear brakes.

I've now filled that reservoir for the 20th time on the SDL and CANNOT fix all my leaks. Now it's the RR brake hose connection.

If you want to be certain that the rear reservoir is filled, lean over into the engine compartment and look at the reservoir from the engine side. You'll definitely see the different fluid levels from that angle, but, not from the outside due to the arrangement of the reservoir chamber.

I feel your pain.


Imagine trying to find a 3-way 10mm bubble flare brake fitting at 8pm. And this is only after spending a half-hour trying to get all the fitting out of the said block, only to strip it.

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

Yep, I've done similar on the Dodge van. Twisted the brake line right off.

This one is intact but the nose of the flare must be damaged in some fashion. I polished it with 400 paper and reinstalled it.......but I'm still not confident.

The m/c needs to be changed now. All of the bleeding over the past year probably took it out.

I'm going to take a look at it this afternoon. I can't see how blowing a line would also blow the master cylinder, but...
Anyways, thanks for the help, guys.

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1989 300E 144K

The brake work on my car has been a war. For the past 2 months it's been on jackstands. Either I didnt have the right part and would wait for it to ship out, or something would break.

Today was the bleeder screw, which was shipped broken to me (thanks, A1 cardone) an Ez-out work on it, and I replaced it with a valve from the old calipers (which I cant get the core on now)

and THEN

I goto bleed the brakes with my powerbleeder, only to realize that the cap's the wrong size....

[/rant]

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-1983 VW Rabbit LS Diesel (5speed, VNT/Giles build)

Did the master cylinder on the SDL today. After removing the reservoir, lo and behold.......what do I find??

The larger forward portion of the reservoir feeds the rear section of the m/c and is used for the front brakes.

The smaller rear portion of the reservoir feeds the front section of the m/c and is used for the rear brakes.