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Jim, I have sourced some 3/4" cup seals and piston seals from a local brake shop, so I will be using the majority of the original internals. My master is an ATE one. The beetle master is indeed 11/16' which is indeed wierd, but I have a ghia that can go on. Thanks Steve Quoting Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>: > On 19 Jun 2006 at 6:16, t3@matara.net wrote: > > > I am refurbing the single master cylinder on my 65 Notch, and usually > since > > early Type 3 masters are NLA, I rebuild it using the internals of a new > 58-64 > > beetle master cylinder that are cheap and the same bore and have the same > > internals as a T3 one. > > > > I honed the Notch's master, and gave it a lick of paint, and when I pulled > the > > new beetle apart, I was shocked to see that the bore of the master has > changed > > to 17.85mm and the internals were changed to match. This was a brazilian > > master, and I guess they use a smaller bore to make the brakes feel better > on a > > beetle! > > > > Does anyone know where I can get the rubbers to rebuild my 19mm Type 3 > master? > > I find that a given maker of these parts will use similar parts > thruout its line, while it's often difficult/impossible to mix parts > from different brands. If you can get a kit for any 19.05mm (3/4") by > the same maker it's likely that it will contain the seal that you > need. > > I have no experience with the early simplex type 3 MCs, but my > impression is that most of them were made by FAG. I may actually have > a kit for that MC here, but without seeing your MC I really don't > know if it's the right one for you. > > I'm actually rather astonished to hear that someone is supplying a > 17.85mm (11/16") MC for Beetles, but you might have better luck > buying an MC kit for an early Beetle, since that would HAVE to be > 3/4". > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.