Rover DEFENDER 300Tdi, Workshop Manual

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BRAKES
3 REPAIR
MASTER CYLINDER
Service repair no - 70.30.08
Before starting repair refer to general brake service
practice
See General Brake Service Practice .
Remove
1. Disconnect battery.
2. Place a container under the master cylinder to
catch escaping brake fluid.
3. Clean area round master cylinder ports.
4. Disconnect pipes from master cylinder ports.
Cover, not plug, the pipe ends to prevent entry of
dirt.
5. Disconnect electrical leads from reservoir cap.
6. Remove two nuts securing master cylinder to
servo and withdraw cylinder.
7. Remove reservoir cap and drain fluid into
suitable container for disposal.
8. The reservoir is a push fit in the master cylinder
and secured by seals. Carefully ease the
reservoir from the master cylinder by rolling it
from the seals. Note that the two seals are
different sizes.
Refit
9. Insert new reservoir seals in the master cylinder
ports and fit reservoir to master cylinder.
10. Ensuring that water ingress seal is in position, fit
master cylinder to servo. Tighten fixings to 26
Nm (19 lbf/ft).
11. Connect brake pipes to master cylinder ports
and tighten to 15 Nm (11 lbf/ft).
12. Fit electrical leads to reservoir cap
13. Fill reservoir with recommended brake fluid.
See
LUBRICANTS, FLUIDS AND CAPACITIES,
Information, Recommended lubricants and
fluids
14. Bleed the brake system See Brake system
bleed .
15. Reconnect battery and road test vehicle.