Re: Spider Brake Questions

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>]

When I first resurrected the '78 Spider from 5 years of sitting in a damp 
garage, I had the brake hydraulics gone through in detail. New master, 
two caliper rebuilds, etc. The servo-booster was full of brake fluid from 
the leaking master cylinder. It was drained and refitted, with the 
notion, "Let's see how it works." It worked flawlessly, not a single 
problem in the year and a half and 10,000 miles I had the car on the road 
before it was killed. It's one of the items I saved when I pulled "useful 
spares" out of the cored husk of the car when I built FrankenSpider.

So I'd just give it a try and see how long yours lasts.

Godfrey

>I am replacing my brake and clutch master cylinders but when I got the brake
>cylinder off I could see fluid in the bottom of the servo unit.  I pulled
>about a cup of brake fluid out and stuffed a rag in to the unit to dry it
>out.  The servo works now.  QUESTION 1 -- is this servo unit doomed to fail
>soon because brake fluid leaked into it?  I guess I'd have to look for a
>used one.  Don't want to spend $300+ for a new one.

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