Re: Easamatic Rebuild Sources
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2013/8/20 15:12:10
Jim,
I was not the one who posted on the "bubble lid." I don't remember who brought it up, offhand, but it interested me because I was not sure if I had that lid or not. If it refers to raised portions of the reservoir cover that can be seen from outside, I think I might have one. I thought that they might provide channels for fluid flow, especially clearance for the relief port, but when I looked on the inside of the lid, I couldn't make out any evidence that the "bubbles". It looked to me like they were just cast into the outside of the cover.
As for your vacuum leak, I'd sure check the hoses carefully, if you haven't already. The ends of all of mine are hard and cracking. I removed one end from the manifold adaptor and the end just fell apart. I cut it about half an inch shorter to get to some reasonably good rubber. I'm amazed I don't have leaks, given that even this "good" part of the hose was not exactly pliable. I'm tempted to get them all replaced.
You know, some of these failures we blame on the BTV come down to just plain old age and lack of maintenance, I think. It's remarkable to me that the system holds up as well as it does over such long periods of use and disuse. If it just didn't have the habit of going out completely and suddenly, I would give it more credit. I blame those catastrophic failures on engineering deficits. No brake booster should be able to vacuum the MC dry like that.
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I was not the one who posted on the "bubble lid." I don't remember who brought it up, offhand, but it interested me because I was not sure if I had that lid or not. If it refers to raised portions of the reservoir cover that can be seen from outside, I think I might have one. I thought that they might provide channels for fluid flow, especially clearance for the relief port, but when I looked on the inside of the lid, I couldn't make out any evidence that the "bubbles". It looked to me like they were just cast into the outside of the cover.
As for your vacuum leak, I'd sure check the hoses carefully, if you haven't already. The ends of all of mine are hard and cracking. I removed one end from the manifold adaptor and the end just fell apart. I cut it about half an inch shorter to get to some reasonably good rubber. I'm amazed I don't have leaks, given that even this "good" part of the hose was not exactly pliable. I'm tempted to get them all replaced.
You know, some of these failures we blame on the BTV come down to just plain old age and lack of maintenance, I think. It's remarkable to me that the system holds up as well as it does over such long periods of use and disuse. If it just didn't have the habit of going out completely and suddenly, I would give it more credit. I blame those catastrophic failures on engineering deficits. No brake booster should be able to vacuum the MC dry like that.
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