Master Cylinder Upgrade (4k Ke70)

[RainWarriorDregs]

Hey guys,

 

Alec here, long time lurker, i've got a bit of a brake problem.

 

I have a '83 KE70 with the stockers 4K in it, i've just finished cutting out all the rust and am in the finally stages of priming her (she got stripped back to metal). Now before i go putting on my extractors and new carby and stuff (thanks to the fellas on this wonderful site) i was going over all the safety stuff to make sure she holds up and low and behold i've found myself a brake fluid leak! :)

 

It's leaking from underneath the reservoir where you put the brake fluid in and its draining itself at a pretty constant rate. The way i see it i have 2 options.

 

1. Rebuild: I'm pretty sure i can take it to the local BrakeMart and they should rebuild it for about $130. This is an alright option but i don't really have $130 at the moment.

 

2. Upgrade: This might be a good opportunity to upgrade. Now i've searched high and low on Rollaclub.com and ke70.com and even the ever present wisdom of google, but all i'm getting is "put ae86 struts in your rolla" nothing really about the booster. I've talked to my mechanic mate and he's said that most Toyota boosters are fairly similar and interchangeable. He said that it's just a case of finding one with the same stud pattern on the back and with the same sort of set up so the hard connections meet up. Is this correct? Does that mean if i can find one that looks the same its really just plug and play?

 

So if you guys can help me it'd be greatly appreciated! I need to get this fixed so i can get onto the "go-fast" mods haha.

 

Thanks in advance guys!

ROLL ON!

[Taz_Rx]

Have a look in the "technical builds" section. There is a guy there who put an R33 IIRC boost and master in his ke70 which bolted straight in. :)

[RainWarriorDregs]

all good, thanks for the advice, i fixed it.

 

stupid me when i changed the fluid resevoir around didn't tighten the nut properly!!!

 

:hmm:

 

whoopsies