Rebuild master cylinder leaking - odd place - see pic
 

My freshly bored and (stainless steel) resleeved and rebuilt master cylinder is leaking from an odd place (Matt Smith, I hope you're reading this). At least the rebuild was cheap (about US$50 including seals etc).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads/mc_leak.jpg

Is there any way I can fix this without removing the $&$#^ thing from the car again (and rebleeding the brakes and getting fluid EVERYWHERE again? The arrowed bit seems to just be a bung of some variety and looks like I could just seal it up.

Note, there is a very small chance that the leak is actually from one of the reservoir hoses (but I doubt it). I will check that again. I need a smaller mirror to see!

This is one reason why we don't recommend the master cylinder rebuild kit. It's a lot of work, and things like this can happen. When the rebuild kit is about $50, and a brand new one is $109, it's cheap insurance.

My best recommendation is to replace it with a new one. You don't want to mess around with your brakes...

-Wayne

The rebuild was $50 including the labour (cheaper than the ATE kit).

I am confident the guy who did it will make it good, I just can't be arsed taking the thing out again. I'm tired of brake fluid ;)

Besides, I pay full Porsche price here in New Zealand and earn half what people in the US do. No Pelican special prices for me :)

I think I might have just come across as an *********. If I lived in the US, I would have bought a new one - I do agree with Wayne.

But NZ labour rates are lower (in NZ$!) than in the US, so sometimes other alternatives make sense.

Nope, didn't come across that way. I'm *thrifty* too. However, there are some things that I don't really skimp on. Brakes is one of them. Health care is another. The price difference between the master cylinder and the rebuild kit is about $60, which isn't really worth it if you have to remove it again...

-Wayne

Ah come on Wayne, you're rubbing it in now ;)

If it makes you feel better, I will probably end up buying a new one (I don't want a lottery here and it is retarding 270hp).

Cam