Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Removing master cylinder reservoir question and FOAgood experience

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

you want to clean this?  Just drop it in a bucket of alcohol, let it dry and 
then put it in the dish washer.  Sparkling.
DOUG
oh, if you get caught - you may have to look up the time tables to Reno.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert W. Garven Jr." <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: <CaptRehkopf [at] comcast.net>; "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] 
ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Removing master cylinder reservoir question and 
FOAgood experience


> Wade, is a great guy and has helped me many times. I removed my res
> once and was told the same thing. I just sucked the fluid out and
> pulled straight up on it. It was amazingly tough
> I spent about a week trying to clean it out as one side is hard to get
> into. I ended up through advice i received here i think putting a few
> small ball bearings in that side and filled with water
> shaking it around to get out the stains! and this was on a 75! I think
> yours will come out, put towels around in case any fluid gets on your
> paint!! There are two outlets so dont pry at an angle just
> pull straight up!
>
> Rob
>
> Robert W. Garven Jr.
> rgarven [at] gmail.com
>
>
>  "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special
> vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from for
> those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Robert Rehkopf wrote:
>
> > My 328 has a brake fluid leak in one of the two rubber grommets that
> > attach
> > it to the master cylinder. I was on a trip and the brake failure
> > light came
> > on because of low on brake fluid. Wade at FOA (great guy) had the
> > grommets
> > in stock but said it was likely the plastic reservoir would be
> > broken when
> > it was removed to replace the leaking grommet. Any tricks to soaking
> > the
> > grommets so you don't break the reservoir when you remove it? I
> > drove the
> > car back because I couldn't spend an extra two days in HotLanta, one
> > to
> > break it and one to order the reservoir from New Jersey, so I have
> > to get it
> > fixed in Memphis. I bought the grommets I just need the reservoir
> > removed in
> > one piece.
> >
> > I stopped by FOA twice, once on the way to Florida because of the
> > brake
> > light and once on the way back and both times they worked on my car
> > right a
> > way to get me back on the road. Although they didn't find the brake
> > leak on
> > the first visit, because I'm sure they thought I was just low on
> > fluid, they
> > quickly responded and helped me out. Overall a good experience with
> > FOA. I
> > wish I would have known there was another dealer in Tampa I would have
> > brought it by there, after knowing it just wasn't normal brake fluid
> > usage.
> >
> > Please respond offline to CaptRehkopf [at] comcast.net with any
> > suggestion for
> > removing the reservoir.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Rehkopf
> >
> >
> >
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