hmm...type44 bomb question

[james accordino]

A rebuilt one is available from a company named
Griffiths in Newton, NJ.  I believe they may be on the
Quattro suppliers list.  No BTDT though.

Jim Accordino

--- cjcasati at hotmail.com wrote:
> Another thing to quickly test is the brake servo,
> since you hadn't replaced
> that yet. It sits between the firewall and the
> master cylinder, if it leaks
> you loose pressure. Build up pressure by letting the
> car idle for a few
> minutes, then cut off the engine and disconnect the
> return line that feeds
> into the top of the hydraulic fluid reservoir. If
> you get a few drops out of
> the hose you are fine - if you get a constant
> trickle or stream it is shot.
> Expensive and not available rebuilt. I so far have
> used 2 used ones, both of
> which failed after a few months.
>
> HOMEANDFORM
> Christoph Casati
> christoph.casati at homeandform.com
> www.homeandform.com
>
>
> At 19:11 2002-05-08 +0000, Chris Dyer wrote:
>
> >Replaced bomb, master & slave about 55k mi./2.5 yr.
> ago. Wrench said that
> >brake accumulator is leaking. This is the same item
> as the "bomb", yes? And
> >is it unusual that it should fail so soon? (part
> was new, not rebuilt) Car
> >is a '87 5kcstq, 185k mi.
>
>


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