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The rubber cap on the bleed nipple left hand calliper went 10 foot in the air , these was a lot of us , stop, start , did you the breaks got hot and the nipple come lose because the heat, nipped it up and I had breaks but a lot of travel , the car went in for a service, breaks got bleed , be fine , may not have been that tight to start with ?
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The rubber cap on the bleed nipple left hand calliper went 10 foot in the air , these was a lot of us , stop, start , did you the breaks got hot and the nipple come lose because the heat, nipped it up and I had breaks but a lot of travel , the car went in for a service, breaks got bleed , be fine , may not have been that tight to start with ? There should have been no pressure on the bleeder cap to blow off like that. If it did have pressure, it would be brake fluid and you would have a BIG mess. It's good that you got it to the dealer for brake bleed service.
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The rubber cap on the bleed nipple left hand calliper went 10 foot in the air , these was a lot of us , stop, start , did you the breaks got hot and the nipple come lose because the heat, nipped it up and I had breaks but a lot of travel , the car went in for a service, breaks got bleed , be fine , may not have been that tight to start with ? There should have been no pressure on the bleeder cap to blow off like that. If it did have pressure, it would be brake fluid and you would have a BIG mess. It's good that you got it to the dealer for brake bleed service. Unless the bleeder was loose, which would have been apparent fairly quickly I'd think at the first serious application of the brakes... I've never seen one "work loose", only ones that were left UN-tightened.
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Looking at the 2012 (1st edition) parts book on pages 8 and 9, it appears that the master cylinder (part U120008) is located on the back side of the pedal box with the reservoir up under the bonnet. This doesn't look like too hard of a job at least.
Charlie, Former Editor
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Brake failing would result in selling off the beast
Most likely getting a lawyer activated when 100miles past service
MMC is misusing early M3W customers as human guinea pigs. Yes, this is the most likely course. The MMC were almost using early M3W owners as crash test dummies. My first thoughts through my head as the pedal hit the floor were, "I must somehow be on the clutch," then when I wasn't, "I wonder how bad this will hurt without airbags," then I downshifted and smashed the pedal down hard and there was just a little bit of stopping power there, enough that I did not smack the car in front of me. Any cause of this failure identied as yet?
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It is being picked up today by the dealership, should know more by this time tomorrow.
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Please keep us informed Charlie.
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Rear brake cylinder leaking fluid, fluid got on brake shoes; replacing broken parts, shoes and flushing lines - $1200, getting that feeling that you are about to have a near death experience - priceless.
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Rear brake cylinder leaking fluid, fluid got on brake shoes; replacing broken parts, shoes and flushing lines - $1200, getting that feeling that you are about to have a near death experience - priceless. Really? Just a single hydraulic circuit on our cars, not dual-circuit, as has been around for about 50 years....?!
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I have been told that Morgan is shipping a new wheel cylinder and brake shoes.
I had a bad wheel cylinder that would hang up the shoes, create heat, boil the fluid and result in loss of pedal.
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