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do i need that connection on the bottom of my brake master cyl.?

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Old 07-11-04, 09:14 PM
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do i need that connection on the bottom of my brake master cyl.?

i think this os only on S4's, but do i need the connection with that big bolt at the bottom of the cyl.? i'm pretty sure the S5's don't have them.... so why do i?
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What's up, Logan?

Are you talking electrical connection, or hydraulic connection?

Didn't you say something about this when we met up for the tranny deal? Can't remember...
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Need? I didnt hook mine back up after the master cylinder swap last weekend. No ill effects. I believe it turns on an idiot light when the fluid goes below that hole. I check it often enough that its not a big issue. I guess I'll hook it back up tomorrow though.

And my S5 DOES have one. Though my S5 mastercylinder (that I bought by asking for an S5 mastercylnder) is completely different from what the Haynes book says all S5's have. FSM is right on the money though.
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wayne, what up! yeah, it's electrical... it was a pain in the *** to try and take off, so i just left it on my old cylinder...

kenteth, that's good news... i REALLY don't want to have to deal with that.
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Yeh, that's your low-level switch assy...

Like Kenteth said, check that sucker visually every time you pop the hood, so you won't go slamming into the back of someone...
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wohoo! great, i'm under my hood almost every day... hope it wont be a problem
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Did you ever get that sucker running?

I know you're under the hood every day now, I'm talking about when you actually get it to drive it, lol
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haha! well... i'll still be under there just about every day anyways no, it's not street legal yet.. gotta bleed the brakes. won't have time to do that until wednesday though

boy, when i get to drive my girl again it'll be like HEAVEN for me. there's just something about driving a 95 windstar for MANY weeks in a row that doesn't seem too exciting.
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BTW, I found out last week how much teflon taping the bleeders helped on the calipers. I was constantly bleeding air back into the system trough the threads. I teflonned them and bleeding the entire system. Bleeding used to take an hour, with the teflon tape on the threads, I was able to rebleed the entire system in about 15 minutes (minus preptime--tire removal/install) after I swapped in the new master cylinder.
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