If you can get a new master cylinder at the parts store it is not worth the trouble or your safety.
Brake master cylinder repair is where someone or some body fixes the master cylinder on your brakes. It is the main line to your brake apparatus. Also the master cylinder is the container for the fluid and the piston, forming part of a device such as a hydraulic brake or clutch.
A good website to visit to learn how to repair a brake master cylinder is autorepair.about.com. This website will give you a list of materials and step by step instructions on how to perform this repair.
Where's the leak? Wheel cylinder, repair or replace, rusted line, replace, master cylinder, repair or replace.
If non brake fluid is added to the master cylinder, possibly.If non brake fluid is added to the master cylinder, possibly.
For your own safety replace, do not repair
go to autozone.com,enter vehicle info.look up brake master cylinder,then to right of screen,click on repair guide and it will show and tell you how.
A brake master cylinder? If you are losing brakes or brake fluid.
A leak in the brake system. Fluid has leaked out and air is now in your lines. This can be from a brake cylinder at wheel or in master cylinder, or even worse a rusted brake line. Check and repair it NOW.
Master cylinder empty (no brake fluid) Leak in brake line or wheel cylinder Defective master cylinder
Drain the brake fluid from the brake master cylinder reservoir. Remove the wiring harness from the brake cylinder. Remove the brake lines. Remove the brake cylinder retaining nuts. Reverse the process to install the new master brake cylinder.
Defective Master Cylinder or broken brake line. Replace the master cylinder and bleed the brakes.
The master brake cylinder is under the dash beside the steering colum