RE: Is it the "bomb" or master cylinder? 5000

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> The brake pressure accumulator (aka the "bomb" because half its innards
> are
> under pressure) 
> 
... actually the nomenclature comes from the fact that the old PAs like
those found on the QTC look like the black cast spherical bombs so often
seen in cartoons ... there are other pressure accumulators which are not
referred to as bombs.  

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

... who still has the "bomb" that was originally installed on my car ...