Brake Reservoir for Dual Master Cylinder

[styroman]

I learned on the samba to do this if you have a Buggy or a kit car that allows easy side-on viewing of the brake cylinder/reservoir:

It simply snaps into the top of a dual master cylinder, instead of this:

It is sold on Amazon as a Cardone 1R-1921 Master Cylinder Reservoir, and fits several Volvo 200 series cars, notably the early 240.

[Randall]

So with the Cardone reservoir, to check your fluid level you have to jack up the front end and either roll underneath with a creeper or else remove the left front tire and get down on your hands and knees? I'll stick with bending over the spare tire while my feet are on the ground.

[styroman]

[raygreenwood]

But.....thanks for posting this anyway. Not all of us drive bugs, buses or type 3s.

My type 4 has the resovoir in the trunk....fluid hoses go through the firewall and feed the master cylinders (clutch and brake) mounted on the pedal cluster. I will be moving them to the trunk during this rebuild...which is where the factory put the power brake unit version.

Knowing whers to get an ATE type replacement resovoir that top mounts like that saves me a search. And.....I just bought an early 240 resovoir cap this past week....to make an adapter for my pressure bleeder....because its the same size as my mk 6 golf.

Ray

[styroman]