The black rubber gravity feed pipe that MMC used was a bit low rent (also suspect not brake fluid resistant) in trying to remove it as it had bonded so well to the plastic that the outlet just snapped off, so far I've done 3 Mogs with the same issue, I also suspect that the black crud that accumulates in the bottom of the tank is partly the black pipe breaking down in the internal bore
Thank you Jon. You taught me something important to look for in cars of your era. Dissolved rubber or neoprene could be a brake system killer. I would love to
know whether the MMC cured that subsequently.
I gather you have a remote reservoir. (?) I was sent one after the MMC recreated my car in 2002.
Mark Baldwin, a super kind and astute fellow, who was keeping
on an eye on the build, suggested I would need one. He was right. The later braking system requires one if one is using branch manifolds IIRC.] This is why
they sent me an Aero I reservoir. In the case of the line from MC to remote, I changed the line to heat resistant braided ss on arrival .
I also had a dissolving rubber hose situation in my fuel cell. Normal or neoprene quickly "melts" in petrol as well. In that case, I finally designed a ss tank drawing
on Mulberry advice a few years ago and internally plumbed it with ss pipe. (Yes I have a tendency to overkill...but our children are costless now).
I keep an
eye on such things more than most. My Morgan mileage taught me long ago that anything that CAN happen Will happen. You have convinced me that glass
reservoirs, like the old expensive ones posted above, are the smartest. If I choose to have level indicators, most of the caps are sold separately and of a standard size.
Thx again.
Here is a present.Lorne
