Aftermarket Brake Servos!
Discussion
Hi,
has anyone fitted a non specific brake servo/mastercylinder to a car before (i know some of the mini guys used to do this in the early 90's) ,if i can't get hold of one for my motor it's going to be scrap.
Background-
forgot to mention it's a mark 2001 v6 3.0 not a nissan terrano
i bought a Ford Maverick (ford escape in the US) and it developed a hissing from the brakes, then a grinding, then a not stopping.
i've replaced all the brakes disc, drums, pads, but the servo has gone , it works but i guess it's just a matter of time before it gives up completely.
So i rang Ford for a laugh, made sure i was sitting down, and they quoted £900 ish with no gaurentee they could get the parts, I've contacted the states as theres load of brake servos on website but they won't sell me one as its a RHD (ford have also advised against this).
That leaves the breakers- no luck as yet and from what i gather its a common problem so i'm not holding my breath.
Refurbishment, contacted a couple of people but untill it's off the car and in their hands they have no idea if it can be refurbed, rock and a hard place!
thanks in advance
has anyone fitted a non specific brake servo/mastercylinder to a car before (i know some of the mini guys used to do this in the early 90's) ,if i can't get hold of one for my motor it's going to be scrap.
Background-
forgot to mention it's a mark 2001 v6 3.0 not a nissan terrano
i bought a Ford Maverick (ford escape in the US) and it developed a hissing from the brakes, then a grinding, then a not stopping.
i've replaced all the brakes disc, drums, pads, but the servo has gone , it works but i guess it's just a matter of time before it gives up completely.
So i rang Ford for a laugh, made sure i was sitting down, and they quoted £900 ish with no gaurentee they could get the parts, I've contacted the states as theres load of brake servos on website but they won't sell me one as its a RHD (ford have also advised against this).
That leaves the breakers- no luck as yet and from what i gather its a common problem so i'm not holding my breath.
Refurbishment, contacted a couple of people but untill it's off the car and in their hands they have no idea if it can be refurbed, rock and a hard place!
thanks in advance
Edited by widdy on Friday 27th February 00:28
TheEnd said:
wrong maverick, thats the nissan terrano/ ford maverick mines a ford maverick / mazda tribute 2001 (now a ford Kuga) http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/2002-ford-e...You could fit an in-line servo I suppose, but it will be a lot of work. In the 70s it was common to have the servo independent of the master cylinder and of course you can still buy the same things brand new today.
But there are a few downsides to this approach.
Firstly they're not cheap - typically £120 upwards. If you search for something like "MGB servo" you'll get a feel. Secondly, your car probably has dual circuit brakes and to be correct you'd need two servos, one in each line. That's what Lotus did for their export Elan & Europa back in the 70s. And if you're not put off by now, you'll have to arrange a vac line to operate them...
A lot of work. I'd check out repair first and if that fails look for something of a similar size, ratio and cylinder diameter which will fit. It's unlikely that your servo was only fitted to one model year after all.
But there are a few downsides to this approach.
Firstly they're not cheap - typically £120 upwards. If you search for something like "MGB servo" you'll get a feel. Secondly, your car probably has dual circuit brakes and to be correct you'd need two servos, one in each line. That's what Lotus did for their export Elan & Europa back in the 70s. And if you're not put off by now, you'll have to arrange a vac line to operate them...
A lot of work. I'd check out repair first and if that fails look for something of a similar size, ratio and cylinder diameter which will fit. It's unlikely that your servo was only fitted to one model year after all.
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A lot of work. I'd check out repair first and if that fails look for something of a similar size, ratio and cylinder diameter which will fit. It's unlikely that your servo was only fitted to one model year after all.
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i've checked with part vendors and noone can find the part even using the manafactuers ATE part numbers even contacted ATE distributer in the UK.
how do you work out the brake ratio's? i've seen Jeep people fit newer servos to older cars but not cross fitting from another motor.
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