1982 Frame Off Restoration

[Mark D]

With everything cleaned and lubed up I put the plunger back in. That's when we noticed the rubber dirt seal was ripped.
I checked on DMCH and D-go and neither one lists it. I may have to make something or try Delorean EU.


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The inside of my clutch master looked similar to yours when I refreshed a bunch of stuff on my car back in 2012. I decided to just go with a completely new master cylinder from DMCH.

That being said, I'm a hoarder so I saved the original master cylinder. I'll check and see if that seal is still intact and you can have it for free if it's still in good shape.

[SupercoolBill]

The inside of my clutch master looked similar to yours when I refreshed a bunch of stuff on my car back in 2012. I decided to just go with a completely new master cylinder from DMCH.

That being said, I'm a hoarder so I saved the original master cylinder. I'll check and see if that seal is still intact and you can have it for free if it's still in good shape.

Yeah I usually just go new rather than waste my time on things like this. I think my worry with the DMCH one is that it would be NOS so the seals would be dried up and if they used brake fluid to assemble it it would be gross and corroded inside.

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[bueller]

I think my worry with the DMCH one is that it would be NOS so the seals would be dried up and if they used brake fluid to assemble it it would be gross and corroded inside.

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After having a bad experience with a new clutch master from DGo, I turned to Houston and found out they reproduced their offering so all new. Worked perfect in my car for the last couple of years.

[SupercoolBill]

After having a bad experience with a new clutch master from DGo, I turned to Houston and found out they reproduced their offering so all new. Worked perfect in my car for the last couple of years.

Oh so it is a whole new unit then?

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[bueller]

Yes! For some reason, my phone isn't letting me paste links but if you search their site, you'll see the info about being a reproduction part.

[SupercoolBill]

More parts showed up Thursday.
Had to spend enough to get the free shipping but was really just after the fitting for the accumulator right now.

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[SupercoolBill]

We worked on the car from 1P-7P.
Tam gave the carpets another wash while I got prepare to remove the accumulator a-gain.
I used this project as an excuse to buy more tools. I struggled to spend the money for these special wrenched but they did end up being really great for working on the accumulator. They were $30something on sale.

The accumulator had a lot of fuel in it this time and made a mess and my whole arm got soaked...fun.

When I did manage to get it out I looked more closely at the nut. It was close to being bottomed out but didn't seem to be.

I removed the nut and barbed fitting.
I inspected the female connections. They looked perfectly fine .

I put the nut on without the barbed fitting. It looks like it did still have more to go.

The new nut was larger in the middle and the barbed fitting was a larger ID also.



So I decided to just use the new nut with the new barbed fitting.
Just for added insurance I put some fuel proof sealant on the face on the barbed fitting.


I tightened the nut as much as I dared to which ended up being around 18 ft-lbs.


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[SupercoolBill]

I wasn't falling for the same trick this time. This time I rigged up a pressure test.

No bubbles

I did a standing pressure test.

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[SupercoolBill]

Accumulator going back in. I've found the best way to do is is to first connect the rubber hose on the front, next install the cradle with the bolts all very loose, set the accumulator up in the bracket, tighten down the cradle while making sure you have the accumulator positioned correctly. Then connect the 90 on the front and the rubber hose on the back.

One thing that was a lot more difficult this time was getting the rubber hose onto the new barbed fitting because the O.D. was now larger.
If I ever have to remove the accumulator a-gain, I will have to cut that hose to get it off.




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[SupercoolBill]

While I was working on the accumulator Tam was yelling a lot...I mean installing the coolant tank and connecting the heater core hoses.

After she got everything hooked up I had her pump up the system to 15#. It was slowly loosing pressure. She found the heater core connections leaking a bit. I told her to try tightening the clamps with a 1/4" ratchet with a socket rather than the really long narrow flat screwdriver she was trying to use.
After she tightened that it held pressure and is still under pressure.

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