Mart's 1955 Ford 100E Anglia part 5! Master cylinders get a workover! (2339)

Hello! Welcome to Mart's Garage. In this video I tackle a simple but important job. I dismantle, inspect and rebuild the clutch and brake master cylinders. These Girling master cylinders are very common on British cars and what I show here would be relevant for most models.
Thanks for joining me once again in Mart's Garage.
Mart.
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[@MultiHotrod74]

In this throw away world, nice to see a guy rebuilding parts.

[@MartsGarage]

Cheers Multi. These cars are from an era when rebuilding was the norm.

[@daleking8529]

Nice job on the cylinders Mart.

[@chimpfoos65]

Professional done Mart

[@gogetlostgoaway2895]

Splendidly done old school stuff and I can even smell the old workshop oil and grease I’ve an old MGF mk2 now considered a classic so I’m working and watching always learning you know you’re onions keep on going.

[@MartsGarage]

Hi Goget. I don't know how to do new school. Having a mig welder is pretty state of the art for me. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@shingerz]

Great job there mart

[@thomascoyne157]

Nice work 👍👍👍✔️

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks Thomas.

[@jb3222]

I can't imagine when I'll ever have occasion to work on a master cylinder from a 100E (though I once did a similar job on an Austin 1100 back in the 70s when i couldn't afford garage bills), but I have to say I found this enthralling - and you explained it a lot more clearly than my Haynes manual!

[@PeteCswampy]

nice cylinder build mart

[@MartsGarage]

Hi Pete. Good to see your name pop up here. Thanks Mate.

[@rogerpritchard]

Looking good!

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks Roger!

[@paulwootton5378]

Good stuff

[@MartsGarage]

Cheers Paul, thanks for watching.

[@martinfield1484]

Loving these videos proper craftsmanship

[@MartsGarage]

Thanks Martin.

[@graemeburr6463]

Job well done Mart. I remember when there were dozens of these on the roads in NZ. Most of ours rusted too. A mate of mine had one, it wouldn't "pull a sick sailor of your sister" but it was a lot of fun. I considered a 107E as my first car but got a IIIB Minx instead.

[@rayrayadkins6178]

You did a day go on good job chap

[@MartsGarage]

Cheers Ray.

[@billdyke9745]

This is looking very interesting. Excuse me while I rewind to episode 1.... 👍

[@MartsGarage]

Hey, Bill, be my guest!

[@billdyke9745]

@@MartsGarage Much obliged...

[@Fintoman]

Good luck with this little project Mart. Hope you have a lot of fun with it once it's back on the road.

[@MartsGarage]

Cheers Finto. Luckily for me I find it fun even before it hits the road.

[@hotrodmyk]

Another good tutorial Mart. Project is coming along well. Was that your pet spider under the dash? 😀The only thing I would have done additionally would have been to "bench bleed" the cylinders before installing. It just speeds up the bleeding process later.

[@MartsGarage]

Hi Mike. I never noticed that spider until I just watched the video through just now. They don't bother me. These don't tend to need a bench bleed, the ones we put on Geoff's Zephyr bled really easily. It will be a while before these see any fluid, though, as the welding work has jumped to higher priority.

[@chimpfoos65]

MART I THINK YOU WOULD TRULY ENJOY A MOVIE CALLED THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN. STARING SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS A MUST SEE IN MY OPINION

[@MartsGarage]

Hi Frankie. You're right. That is one of my favourites. I managed to see it at a cinema when it first came out. Excellent film. Had the DVD too. Thanks for watching. Mart.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Very interesting that corrosion on the brake and clutch cylinders. What type of metal are they? I wonder if the corrosion is due to the car being positive earth?

[@MartsGarage]

Hello NotMark. The cylinders are aluminium. I think the corrosion is just natural, I heard something about pos/neg earth and corrosion, but don't know enough about it. The car was in a coastal environment so that may be more significant. Thanks for watching.

[@gvet47]

I never have used a rubber hose to make a hone. Normally I find a wood dowl rod that is close in size. Where those cylinders aluminum or zinc?

[@MartsGarage]

Hi Galen. I believe they are aluminium. Thanks for watching.