Re: [alfa] Brake MC grommets

[Kevin Trent <trentkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:27 PM 11/19/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> <snips>
> From: "Dean W. Cains" <dwc@domain.elided>
>
> Just a few years ago I found a vendor for those grommets, albeit a P-car
> parts vendor.  It was likely Pelican Parts, but I'm not all that 
> sure.  They were cheap, too, <$2 ea.  If anyone has the time to do some 
> hunting, here's the URL:
>
> http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/911M_catalog.htm
>
> I also bought a brake MC reservoir cap for <$10.
>
> >From: "Watry, Andrew (LNG-SFR)" <Andrew.Watry@domain.elided>
> >Subject: [alfa] Brake MC grommets
> >
> >The rubber grommets (sort of hat-shaped in cross section) that hold the
> >brake MC reservoir to the MC itself on late 105/115, 116 cars are
> >replaceable.  They do deteriorate and leak, sometimes badly.  Drain the
> >reservoir if you can first.  Gently pry upwards on the reservoir, with some
> >wiggling and twisting, and the reservoir should come off, sometimes with the
> >grommets, sometimes with them remaining in the MC ports.  Then find some new
> >ones, pop them in place, then clean and replace the reservoir, twisting and
> >wiggling into place til it's snug.  If you're lucky, you don't even have to
> >bleed the system afterward (it's all on the supply side, not the pressure
> >side), if some fluid remains in the ports the whole time.
> >
> >I don't know if new grommets are available new separate from the MC or
> >reservoir.
> ------------------------------
Here it is @ 3.40 each:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/images/brake_parts/brakes4e.gif

Now, can anyone provide a source for just the O-ring that seals the brake 
MC to the booster on hanging pedal 105/115 Alfa (and others - GTV6? & those 
using the same Brake MC)?
//kct, Powell, TN
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