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 So what do you think??

 Created by: tothefloor
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 Posted: Jul 21, 2018 10:56PM
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Yes it was leaking. I took it apart and put in a new servo kit that I had sitting around for 25+ years. I reinstalled it and put on the Eezi bleed, And with my new jack it took about three or four minutes to bleed the rear’s.  I went to the front saw the reservoir was down and you guessed it it filled the servo.  So moving to Plan B I removed  the servo and put in a double female break pipe. So now I have breaks. I really haven’t figured out what I’m gonna do about the servo. Checking around I found some  kind of British car place that does breaks I guess?? I dropped the servo off there Friday afternoon and I guess they’re going to call and give me some kind of a estimate on what needs to be done or something. I haven’t figured out what I’m gonna do about the servo. But right now I have breaks, they feel different but they’re there. And thanks for the lead on the new parts. If I can be assured the servo is fixed it should only take about1/2 hour to install it and bleed the brakes.

 Posted: Jul 19, 2018 08:25PM
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If you have brake fluid in the vacuum line and it can get into the manifold you will think they have elected a new Pope with all of the white smoke coming out of the exhaust.  The last time I rebuilt mine I used the Brake Booster Repair kit for the 1965-69 Alfa Romeo and Lancia Scorpion.  Yes, it is for the aluminum clone of the lockheed, but then the kit for the Lockheed one has been NLA for quite a few years..

When you have brake fluid in that area it is usually from the diaphram leaking - either torn or worn out.   I may have a spare diaphram.

 Posted: Jul 19, 2018 08:45AM
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No worries. I just couldn't see you winking from here.

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jul 19, 2018 08:37AM
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 Sorry Dan, that was sarcasm. That’s why my brakes kept going to the floor. I was hoping it was something simple like the master or wheel cylinder but obviously it was the servo.  The only thing I’m missing is the gaskets and I can make and I can make those. And of course now I need a hand brake cable. 

 Posted: Jul 19, 2018 06:05AM
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No expert on power brakes, but the line to the manifold is a vacuum line that pulls on a diaphragm inside the unit. There should be no fluid of any kind in that line.

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jul 19, 2018 05:54AM
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So I pulled the Mark one servo out of the car last night. Now I can see a little break fluid coming from where the brake lines attach but what about the brake fluid coming from the line between the servo and their intake manifold?? ????  so hopefully I’ll have that fixed by this afternoon and can go out and check the thermostat. Then the next projects going to be to fix the E brake cable. I guess I reefed on that a little hard yesterday and I broke it