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Old 10-22-2005, 04:57 PM
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Default Brake fluid resevior leaks out the top on hard launches

Every time I wheelie brake fluid comes out of the caps of the brake fluid resevior. I have the manual brake kit..

The only solution I have come up with is to just put a rag around the resevior to catch the fluid..

Does anyone else have this problem?
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Originally Posted by Magnus
Every time I wheelie brake fluid comes out of the caps of the brake fluid resevior. I have the manual brake kit..

The only solution I have come up with is to just put a rag around the resevior to catch the fluid..

Does anyone else have this problem?


What brakes do you have? Stock brake lines? This sounds interesting to me. I will ask the obvious questions are you overfilled? Is the rubber on the caps ripped?
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My car does the same thing and I have the stock brakes
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same here, its a total POS and I would really like to fix it. The rubber looks fine on it too.
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My car does the same thing and I have the stock brakes
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I'm not over filled.. and my rubber gaskets are in place as well...

Same crap happened to me on sunday..

My solution is to put wheelie bars on the car.
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Originally Posted by Magnus
I'm not over filled.. and my rubber gaskets are in place as well...

Same crap happened to me on sunday..

My solution is to put wheelie bars on the car.
That is what we will be doing as well (for various reasons) ... I noticed this as well on Jen's car, but she didn't feel the brakes fading. How about yourself? I think the caps aren't intended to hold fluid while at those angles. If the pressure is straight up, then it can. Although I am not a hydrualic systems expert.
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no brake fade for me. just bubbly paint from brake fluid corision
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My Strange master does the same thing on my '68 just not very bad. The caps don't seem to seal very well. Try a new seal in the cap and see if that helps.
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You have the flat top master cylinder?
Possibly convert to the small round screw-on top, from a later year?
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It does it to me on my stock master and I don't even lift my tires off the ground. Would really appreciate a fix.




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