Brake and Clutch cylinders...

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BRUC3

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I bought one of Alans stupendous pedal boxes recently and am now looking at getting the front of the buggy built back up...

Anyone able to tell me exactly what I need?

Im not being lazy, (honest guv') I done a search and read about the Fiat Cinq cluth cylinder, but is their anything else I need along with teh mini brake resevoir?

Im new to all this malarky!

Bruce
 
Mini Mad Max

Mini Mad Max

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Hi bruce, build is coming along... looks great!
You're right, you need the fiat cinq brake MC reservoir and rubber seals. Then you need a mini dual circuit break master cylinder to go with it. For clutch cylinder, I've been told it is the landrover defender clutch master cylinder that we need... but i will wait for someone else to confirm. All you need to do then is weld some lugs ontop of your pedals so they can work horizontally, which may take a bit of playing around before you find a set up that works. If you look in alan's mr bumble thread he does a detailed process of this which looks quite helpful.
Hope that helps,
Max
 
Phaeton

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And THIS is the clutch cylinder, you need to make up your own clevis, but a nut & a couple of pieces of metal will do, it's your clutch so not as important as your brakes.

Alan...
 
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BRUC3

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Cheers for the head up guys!

Earlier this morning whilst playing with the buggy I thought i'd have a look at the pile of parts I have in the corner...

I found this!

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Do they look like the right ones?

Excuse my ignorance, im not very good at all this stuff! lol
 
Phaeton

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The brake one is correct, if you take off the reservoir & the clutch one, looks brand new, so ebay that one & it will easily pay for the one you need.

Alan...
 
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BRUC3

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So will that clutch resevoir and cylinder be from a mini then?

Im guessing the old pedal box used the mini clutch cylinder to?
 
Phaeton

Phaeton

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Yes the old pedalbox used both brake & clutch from a Mini, it was as close to a single donor build as the original designer could make it.

If you can get a Fiat reservoir then that is the easiest route, if not go for a remote reservoir onto the Mini MC Steve2580 might be able to give you some pictures of Mary's setup, other than that have a look through the photobucket folder of Mary's build.

Alan...
 
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BRUC3

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Im confused lol

So I need to keep the Mini Brake Master cylinder, and replace the resevoir with a Fiat one? Or is the Mini brake resevoir the correct one to?

My head hurts!!! lol
 
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jason_l

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BRUC3":1y54ymb4 said:
Im confused lol

So I need to keep the Mini Brake Master cylinder, and replace the resevoir with a Fiat one? Or is the Mini brake resevoir the correct one to?

My head hurts!!! lol
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Keep the mini BRAKE master cylinder but remove the plastic reservoir and replace with a fiat one. Then use the landrover version for the clutch.

Jason :D
 
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BRUC3

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Just been doing some reading up on the Fiat forums, and it seems you can no longer get hold of the Fiat Cinq reservoirs!

There seems to be a lot of people saying theirs are cracking and 'exploding' due to turning brittle from old age!

Now I dont fancy putting one on so going to try and get a suitable replacement!

Out of interest, how comes the mini one wont work?
 
Phaeton

Phaeton

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Bruce that's a bit of a blonde one  ;D sorry no offence but think about it logically what's going to happen to the fluid if you turn the MC through 90 degrees?

Alan...
 
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BRUC3":3end8jvx said:
Just been doing some reading up on the Fiat forums, and it seems you can no longer get hold of the Fiat Cinq reservoirs!
There seems to be a lot of people saying theirs are cracking and 'exploding' due to turning brittle from old age!
Now I dont fancy putting one on so going to try and get a suitable replacement!
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Really? What are the fiat owners doing about the problem then? There must be a alternative surely? Otherwise if you had a fiat cinq and it goes then the cars as good as written off  :D
 
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BRUC3

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Ive read a couple of threads where their just using universal ones from demon tweeks.

Will probs sign up and ask them direct and see if anyone has any first hand advice!
 
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