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Offline RonPNW

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Remote Reservoir Master Cylinder - Ron’s 70 S2 Crossflow
« on: Monday,December 11, 2023, 11:02:59 PM »
My plastic reservoir on my stock master cylinder was toast. Initially I was simply going to go with a new replacement but the originals are no longer available. You can get a new stock Triumph part that uses .7” bores for both front and back braking circuits. The S2 Europa has .7” for the front and .65” for the rear. Having .65” for the rear slightly increases braking force in the back relative to the front. In my car, for my driving, the rear already seems weak so going to a larger rear bore seemed like a bad idea. Before I went to a two master cylinder solution I thought I would try to save my original MC.
The bores cleaned up nicely with a master cylinder hone. Many are available, do a search. A stock rebuild kit is available from RD.
I purchased a BMW W0133-1954617 dual remote MC reservoir.
     
Fabricate a brass place with a soldered in hose bib to cover the large / front hole. Tap the MC and use clearance holes in the brass plate so in can be installed from above. Use the new o-ring / gasket (from the rebuild kit) as the seal between the brass and the master cylinder. This is essentially the same system that is used with the original plastic tank.
The front hole can be tapped with a 3/16” pipe tap. I had to shorten the length of my pipe tap (grind off a little of the end of the tap) so I could cut a wider thread at the top to seal with the brass fitting I used. Pipe specs are somewhat loose so you may or may not need to do this with the brass fitting that you use. I used Teflon pipe tape to lubricate the joint. Do not use too much to prevent contamination of the brake fluid. Both these connections are low pressure and easy to make without leaks.
The remote reservoir can be mounted next to the cabin fan.
Second restoration of a 1970 S2, now with a Spyder chassis, 807-13 crossflow engine and some modern upgrades. This car is just for fun!

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Re: Remote Reservoir Master Cylinder - Ron’s 70 S2 Crossflow
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday,December 12, 2023, 10:13:57 AM »
a nice way to save a NLA stock master cylinder.

Offline Bryan Boyle

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Re: Remote Reservoir Master Cylinder - Ron’s 70 S2 Crossflow
« Reply #2 on: Saturday,December 16, 2023, 06:13:06 AM »
a nice way to save a NLA stock master cylinder.

I have 2 stock masters from my S2 cache (sadly, most of the other stuff ended up in the 1800gotjunk skip last weekend)...might try this to try and save one of them.  Need to send it out for possible resleeving anyway, might be just the ticket when my TC MC finally goes tango uniform. (IIRC, removing the boosters, which I did a couple years ago, would mean the original S2 MC was the right choice as a replacement...and I do have a new OEM Lucas reservoir, but that doesn't fit without fiberglass carving in the TC...)
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