Quick ?

[mstng86]

Changing the master cylinder.

Brakes are almost non-existent until the pedal is all the way down.

Anyways, I was taking off the old one and unbolted the brake lines from the 2 ports. Absolutely NO fluid came out. Is that normal? I have never changed a master cylinder before. The reservoir is full.

[BP]

If you left the cap on it there shouldn't be much, if any fluid loss. The cap is vacuum sealed. You should have lost a little from what was in the line going into the fitting but not much.

Make sure you bench bleed that master cylinder or you'll be bleeding brakes for a long time!

[mstng86]

If you left the cap on it there shouldn't be much, if any fluid loss. The cap is vacuum sealed. You should have lost a little from what was in the line going into the fitting but not much.

Make sure you bench bleed that master cylinder or you'll be bleeding brakes for a long time!

Don't remember if I had the cap on or off. It has slowly started to drip out while I was taking off the mounting nuts to the booster. Looks like I stripped one of the bastards too. Shit.

[JimD]

Looks like I stripped one of the bastards too. Shit.

Nice going...

[mstng86]

Nice going...

It took all I had to get them off. Hit them with wd40 more than a couple times. Finally got it off.

I am pretty sure this has never been replaced.