Rod Midkiff
True Classic
? is the stock location really that trouble-sum?
To follow up on this a bit. These images are of the BMW reservoir courtesy of Jeff Stich.
In the position up tight to the anti intrusion post mount it clears the underside of the hood and offers plenty of height to offer a decent amount of ‘head’ to the master cylinders.
Personally I have never liked the location of the factory ones and on my new 87 the hoses held enough crap and detritus against the undercoating and sheet metal to rust the metal out of the floor of the cowl (a small hole).
To do something like this will require a different washer tank which I want to change anyway so mount some additional wiring (wiper relays, headlight relays). Who needs a multi gallon washer tank? As a means of moving the CG forward?
Just something I am investigating.
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I can't help you with that, but I'm in the middle of rebuilding one right now. So far there's not much to it:seem to recall a good Xweb tutorial on rebuilding the pedal box....
To do something like this will require a different washer tank which I want to change anyway so mount some additional wiring (wiper relays, headlight relays). Who needs a multi gallon washer tank? As a means of moving the CG forward?
Just something I am investigating.
Brian P, I like that you can fit everything under the stock battery cover. Makes for a very clean installation. I'm curious what alternator you have to go with that battery?
To follow up on this a bit. These images are of the BMW reservoir courtesy of Jeff Stich.
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To clarify, the image is courtesy of Jeff, or that is you holding it & reserviour is from Jeff?
What model BMW is it from? Looks like a good fit, size wise.
EDIT; looking at the pic again, that car needs the strut plate doublers, judging by the cracked paint around the mount
Hah, wondered who would notice that. I think it is because the rubber mounts are perished and allow the strut top to hit the raised emboss. But either way I do have some strut doubler plates and now need to get some upper strut mounts. It has been that way since I bought it. The previous owner was not very nice to this car and I haven’t been a good steward until recently in going about correcting some of its deficiencies.
These come from the BMW E34 chassis cars which had a remote reservoir and a very convoluted braking system. In looking at one I can’t imagine any of them making it beyond 20 years in real world use assuming you have to pay someone to fix it.
The OE reservoir part is no longer avaialable so running around Pick A Parts in California like Jeff does is about the only way to collect them.
Just pay the man the money, he earns it...
Stoney, please elaborate a little. Sounds like a good idea but I'm not 100% clear what you did. ThanksMake new bolts from all thread to replace the original bolts which hold MC in position. With nuts on both end, it makes installation and future removal much easier.
Correct, that way you can remove either master cylinder in the future without dropping the pedal box. I reused the stock bolts I just cut off the head and cut threads on the cut off end then put a nut on it.I think he means he removed the two long bolts that hold the MCs to the pedal box and replaced them with threaded rod and nuts so the rod can be moved in either direction.