Why does my master cylinder leak at the top?

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  1. rthomas771

    rthomas771 Member

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    Don't know about power brakes on the 'new cars' like Mavericks. I didn't matter on old cars like Falcons. This master is on my friend's 65 Falcon. It doesn't angle up. I have an '89 Mustang master on my Falcon. It has (metric) ports on the engine side. The Ranger ports are on the fender side and are SAE.
     
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    Rebuilt one leaked on my F100. I took a machinist square to the top and saw it was nowhere near flat across the top. If it had not already been installed I would have put it on my belt sander and flattened it. I cut out a piece of soft rubber gasket material and put it in between the gasket and lid, made sure the hold down was tight and it has been leak free every since
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    Well I bent the spring and it's pretty tight now. Will see what happens. Thanks for all the advice.

    Even if it's fixed though, and even though my brakes are excellent, I may still plunder the junkyard and try out a couple of other master cylinders just because I'm insane.
     
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