Master Brake Cylinder Stopper.... missing ?

[Andrewkb]

Hi Guys,

 

The Stream brake is pretty weak especially when

depressed all the way down.

 

Some Japanese Stream Owners placed a metal plate in

front of the Master Brake Cylinder to stop the Master

Brake Cylinder from protruding out.

 

It can be seen at this website:

http://www28.tok2.com/home/streamcar/sub27.htm

 

(P.S: Use http://world.altavista.com to translate ...

gotta copy and paste the text).

 

However, the article did mentioned about potential

damage to the Master Brake Cylinder !

 

It was also mentioned that new batches of Stream had

this piece of metal installed.

 

Need to seek you guys comments on whether this is

feasible at all !

 

Thanks in advance

[Madarmour]

Change to steel braided hose, slotted rotors and semi-metallic pads.........sure stop better. If still not enough, a 4-pot caliper and larger rotors should do the trick.

[Sparetyre]

The steel braided hose is a good investment.

 

It gives me a more assured feel.....

[Madarmour]

Ahhhhh........almost forgot you've changed yours recently. Managed to get them to change the fluid to DOT 5.1 as well?

[Andrewkb]

Any place to recommend me to go for Steel Braided hoses and roughly how much does it cost ?

[Sparetyre]

Hmmmm..... tricky issue.

 

I called them after you called me that day. They told me they have the DOT 5.1 fluid and will replace for me.

 

When I reached there, I asked them what brand of DOT 5.1 did they use? They told me some brand (which I dun remember). But when I asked to see the bottles, they told me throw away liow.

 

So can tell me how to tell whether the fluid is DOT 5.1?

[Madarmour]

I'm using Sparco for my babe and it costs me $240 for the whole set, excluding installation. You've gotta find one that fits your car. Alternatively, you can do what Mondeo and Sparetyre did and save a lot of legwork! They have it custom-made at Autofix, I think. They use Goodrich steel braided hose and custom make to fit in your car. Simple really, it's just the length and connectors............. Quite competitively priced too.

[Madarmour]

Sounds fishy, very fishy! It is very unlikely they have only 1 or 2 bottles left and has used them all for your car. Throw away the bottles? C'mon! Don't tell me they use until 'jun-jun' when filling up the resevoir. Problem is, you can never check just by eyeballing. Well, nvm, just buy a DOT 5.1 and change it the next time you flush your hoses, like 20000km down the road................

 

There's also a problem of what fluid to top up if the level drops. Pray it don't drop too much!

[Sparetyre]

Anyway, I rest my case.

 

Maybe will buy from Mr Lu and bring down to C&C during next service. Will try to see whether they can do it for free......I mean "goodwill"....

[Madarmour]

Once you have changed your fluid with DOT 5.1, it is of utmost IMPORTANCE for you to stick a label "USE DOT 5.1 FLUID ONLY". Those helpful mechanic may fill it with DOT 4 otherwise.

[Sparetyre]

Thanks for the advise.

 

Maybe I should assume that they have changed it to DOT 5.1 and place the label now.

 

Just in case......

[Mondeo]

And ensure the ".1" still there too, otherwise DOT 5 .........

[Mondeo]

U still have 'Goodwill' at C&C meh, u demander.

[Sparetyre]

Hmmmm...... actually they quite scared of me.....

 

[Mondeo]

Then call me go down together, I want to test drive if they scare of U

I watched last night BBC's TopGear that the driver spinned the TVR almost 6 round 360degree, so I want to see whether the AMG Benz also can do this.

Edited October 11, 2002 by Mondeo

[Sparetyre]

hahahaha

 

Then I better not go with you......

[Madarmour]

DOT 5 even more 'jialat'. Maybe you can see an actual separation of fluid!!!!

[Mondeo]

They've even tried this on two Focus auto, but only one round~ still work!