Oh, and don´t return soaked dish towels to your wife´s kitchen!

Am 03.11.2021 um 18:52 schrieb Raimund Feussner:
> Been there three times in the last five months (don´t ask!)
>
> A lot of paper towels and dish towels.
> Get as much fluid out of the reservoir as possible before removing.
> Open a caliper bleeder (and pump pedal) to let, more than all!, fluid
> from the main cylinder empty elsewhere, but not in/on your interior!
>
> Put rubber mat on floor. Put paper towels on the cross bream below the
> brake booster. Put them on the brake booster.
> Put them everywhere.
>
> The mechanical aspect is straight forward.
> Replace gasket between cylinder and booster.
>
>
> Refilling:
> Put towels around the reservoir opening.
> Don´t overfill, especially if you bleed with a pressure bleeder on the
> reservior. Removing it will spill. Use towels when removing pressure
> hose.
>
> If still in place, use the stock clear plastic foil (between reservoir
> opening and the instrument cluster) as emergency trap for overflowing
> fluid. Better spill on the plastic than onto cluster and its
> surroundings. Additional towels help.
>
>
> Final hint:
> Did I mention towels?!
>
> Regards
> Raimund
>
>
>
> Am 03.11.2021 um 18:25 schrieb dan h:
>> I am a total noob and I’m going to replace my brake master cylinder
>> this weekend. Any sage advise or grave warnings before I start?
>>
>> � From Dan Hoffman