Re: leakin' brake fluid

["Arun Rao" <rao@pixar.com>]

On Feb 15,  8:34am, Tom Leveckis wrote:
> Subject: leakin' brake fluid
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am leaking brake fluid from the bottom of my
> brake fluid resivoir. I noticed that between
> the tank and the assembly connecting it to
> the master cylinder are some rubber bushings
> or something like that. Has any one ever had
> a leak of the same nature, through those
> rubber bushing/gaskets?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>-- End of excerpt from Tom Leveckis


	If it's anything like the ones on my '85 5000T, the bushings cost
	a few dollars (< $5.00) are easy to replace.  Carefully yank out
	the reservoir (use rags to spill as little fluid as possible), replace
	the grommets and push the reservoir back on.  You might want to clean
	out the reservoir while you're at it and refill with new brake fluid.

	The grommets on mine were pretty rotten: I wonder why they got that
	way -- contaminated fluid, perhaps?

	-Arun