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Author Subject: Guide to fitting a larger master cylinder
demondriverdan

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This will probably be one of the easiest things you can do on the car. After having issues with a long brake pedal on the race car with Ash's 310mm kit fitted I asked around and it was suggested to fit a bigger master cylinder. A massive, massive thank you to devere who told me that a MC out of a VW Transporter T4 would fit!

Parts you will need:

- VW Transporter T4 25.3mm MC (http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Master-Cylinder-With-ABS-ITT-Calipers-T4-01-96-03-7D0611019B_act_shop.product_pID_143250031.htm
- Copper (or material of your choice) brake pipe
- 2x male pipe connectors to go into the MC
- A spare fluid reservoir

Couple of things that should be pointed out before beginning is that I have already run replacement brake pipes throughout the car and that I used the spare car to line everything up before fitting to the actual race car.

First thing to do is to put your spare reservoir on to the new MC while the male pipe connectors are in place. You should be able to see that the pipes will foul on the reservoir. To fix this I simply used a heat gun on its lowest setting and gently applied heat and pressure to the required area. Be careful not to heat too much or you risk putting a hole in the reservoir, which would be a ballache! Sadly, no pictures of this step.

With that done I cut 2x 15(ish) centimetre lengths of brake pipe and flared one of the ends to go in to the MC. Using a pipe bending tool I put a 90 degree bend in the pipe to try and clear the reservoir. It wasn't quite enough but a good start none the less.



Then bend the pipes a little more by hand to make sure you get the right clearance. Might be worth putting the reservoir on while doing it to make sure there's enough clearance. Something like this:





I then put a split pin through the MC and reservoir to hold it together. Could really pull the pin apart but should provide enough stability to hold it in place:



Now I bent the pipes around more so that they ran underneath the MC and out to the direction they would have come from on the old MC. I also flared the other ends with another male connector on and connected it to a male-male joiner. The idea being the joiner should connect in to the old pipes directly requiring no additional work.

At this point we started to work on the car. Firstly I used an oil extractor tool to pull as much fluid as possible out of the reservoir. Removing the MC itself is easy, just undo the brake pipes and the 2 13mm nuts that hold it to the servo and lift it out. Watch out for leaking fluid down the engine bay from the servo / end of MC!

Fitting the new one back in is just as easy. Maneuver the MC into the servo and tighten the nuts up to hold it in place. Then you can connect up the old pipes to the joiner and tighten everything down. Easy peasy! Might need to bend the pipes around a little but nothing complicated.

Everything fitted:



Bleed your brakes and off you go Smile Like I said, nothing too complicated and seemed to help a lot on slow speed tests.

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Posted 25th May 2014 at 00:16
eddy_gti6

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http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Master-Cylinder-With-ABS-ITT-Calipers-T4-01-96-03-7D0611019B_act_shop.product_pID_143250031.htm

You need to remove the close bracket thing for link to work. ) Big grin

Very interesting. Will be interesting to see how you get on next time on track. Good write up Thumbs up

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Posted 25th May 2014 at 00:14
demondriverdan

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Cheers Chris, sorted now Smile

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Posted 25th May 2014 at 00:17
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What size unions are they going into the master cylinder, I have one and apparently they are m10 x 1, mine looks at least m12

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Posted 6th Nov 2017 at 20:00
RallyeRed

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Yeah they're definitely M12. Mine weren't M10 despite being advertised as such from the retailer I bought mine from. Really messed me about when I was doing mine as I was using banjo bolts etc and had everything ready to go on.
Posted 6th Nov 2017 at 20:40
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Its messed me about already haha, been searching for m10 ones as i thaught mine must be imperial or something.

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Posted 6th Nov 2017 at 21:29
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Posted 22nd Apr 2021 at 16:57
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How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?

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Posted 23rd Jul 2022 at 16:18
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turboblack wrote:
How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?



Hello
the answer is in the very first post Thumbs up

bend it 90 degrees
Posted 14th Oct 2022 at 16:44
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Day666 wrote:
turboblack wrote:
How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?



Hello
the answer is in the very first post Thumbs up

bend it 90 degrees


They also do a NON ABS 4 port version which is better as you blank the left 2.

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Posted 16th Oct 2022 at 10:20
turboblack

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I'll make photos to explain better what I ask, but I also solved the problem changing the brake booster with a mk1 Peugeot Partner one that have the pump screws with the same inclination of the T4 Cilinder

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Posted 16th Oct 2022 at 13:10
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Does doing this conversion make the pedal shorter travel? I keep getting a long, soft pedal on trackdays and would like to improve it if possible.

Are there any downsides to the conversion?
Posted 16th Oct 2022 at 16:48
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pug_306 wrote:
Day666 wrote:
turboblack wrote:
How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?



Hello
the answer is in the very first post Thumbs up

bend it 90 degrees


They also do a NON ABS 4 port version which is better as you blank the left 2.


That is interesting as I have a non-ABS ph.1 XSI with RFS conversion + GTI brakes.

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Posted 16th Oct 2022 at 19:06
pug_306

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Joep wrote:
pug_306 wrote:
Day666 wrote:
turboblack wrote:
How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?



Hello
the answer is in the very first post Thumbs up

bend it 90 degrees


They also do a NON ABS 4 port version which is better as you blank the left 2.


That is interesting as I have a non-ABS ph.1 XSI with RFS conversion + GTI brakes.


If its got GTi6 brakes theres no need for a VW M/C just the standard GTi6 size, you can use a 406 non abs 23mm master ( 4 Port )

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Posted 17th Oct 2022 at 09:52
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pug_306 wrote:
Joep wrote:
pug_306 wrote:
Day666 wrote:
turboblack wrote:
How you manage the different orientation of the brake pump holes? Rotate the servo or mount the pump inclined?



Hello
the answer is in the very first post Thumbs up

bend it 90 degrees


They also do a NON ABS 4 port version which is better as you blank the left 2.


That is interesting as I have a non-ABS ph.1 XSI with RFS conversion + GTI brakes.


If its got GTi6 brakes theres no need for a VW M/C just the standard GTi6 size, you can use a 406 non abs 23mm master ( 4 Port )


Thanks!

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Posted 17th Oct 2022 at 10:25
devere

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matt_h wrote:
Does doing this conversion make the pedal shorter travel? I keep getting a long, soft pedal on trackdays and would like to improve it if possible.

Are there any downsides to the conversion?


The long soft pedal sounds more like brake fade. That won't be cured by a bigger master cylinder. It's the brakes getting too hot and the fluid in the calipers starting to boil. So you would need to look at upgrading the brake components and/or adding some cooling airflow to the brakes

When I originally did the conversion to the VW master cylinder, it was because I moved to using 4 pot AP calipers. So this meant there was more fluid moving with the bigger amount in the calipers. With the standard setup this meant the pedal travel was longer. The bigger master cylinder moved more fluid and compensated for that. That was a good setup til I moved to a pedal box.
Posted 17th Oct 2022 at 18:23
matt_h

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Cheers for the reply. I'll redo the fluid again.
Posted 18th Oct 2022 at 19:24
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Moved to FAQ Big grin

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