Re: '85 ur-Q brake woes.....looking bett

[glen.powell@smc.com]

  MC is just shorthand for master cylinder. My brake woes
  started in June when I pulled the ur-Q out of winter storage
  at the old house to drive it up to the new place and found
  that it had no brakes. Bummer. Never had any problems
  before except pads & rotors and one pressure accumulator.
  Everything worked great when I parked it last fall. I bled
  the brakes, no help. Then I decided to replace the MC
  and the brake pressure regulator (had been seeping
  fluid VERY slowly since new in '85) to try to resolve
  the serious lack of brakes. This led to the present issue
  of not being able to locate the correct MC for this car.
  I installed a used MC and that has solved the problem
  totally. I still want to replace the used one with a new
  one, but I cannot find the correct part. Either the MC
  is too large in diam to fit the brake servo (booster)
  or the fittings for the fluid tank don't match up. Oh well,
  at least the brakes are working now. The search for
  the correct MC continues.

  Anyone know of a source to have calipers and MCs rebuilt?
  I've got some old ones that I want to prepare as spares.....

  TIA,

  -glen