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#1 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 5:08:46 AM(UTC)
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hi can someone tell me how to decipher the markings on a big nut master cylinder


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#2 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 5:12:23 AM(UTC)
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the big nut master cylinder has a big nut on the end .....the others dont...hehe

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#3 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 5:55:45 PM(UTC)
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hey frank..... how about answering posts yourself instead of getting your ten year old daughter to do it for you...... dik

sounhds to me like the only 81837s you wreck are the ones you restore
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 5:55:45 PM(UTC)
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hey frank..... how about answering posts yourself instead of getting your ten year old daughter to do it for you...... dik

sounhds to me like the only 81837's you wreck are the ones you restore
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#5 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 6:25:32 PM(UTC)
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but i dont have a ten year old daughter though????? i dont get it.....

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#6 Posted : Tuesday, 22 April 2008 8:15:47 PM(UTC)
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im pretty shore he means the numbers on the front, he nows its got a big nut


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#7 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 4:37:48 AM(UTC)
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A big nut ??? you mean a loose one
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 7:04:26 AM(UTC)
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Hi, If it's for disc brakes it will have disc stamped up the top the other numbers are the date it was made.

Day - ie 1 for the 1st or 18 for the 18th

Month - ie A - Jan
B - Feb
C - Mar
D - Apr
E - May
F - Jun
G- Jul
H- Aug
J- Sep
K- Oct
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Hi, If its for disc brakes it will have disc stamped up the top the other numbers are the date it was made.

Day - ie 1 for the 1st or 18 for the 18th

Month - ie A - Jan
B - Feb
C - Mar
D - Apr
E - May
F - Jun
G- Jul
H- Aug
J- Sep
K- Oct
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#10 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 8:49:29 AM(UTC)
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I was under the impression that it was A for automatic and P for performance....or manual.

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I was under the impression that it was 'A' for automatic and 'P' for performance....or manual.

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#12 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 6:28:59 PM(UTC)
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thanks Peter, its all valuable information for someone trying to restore a car to as close as original

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#13 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 8:01:21 PM(UTC)
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I was under the impression that it was 'A' for automatic and 'P' for performance....or man
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quote:
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I was under the impression that it was A for automatic and P for performance....or manual.
If at first you don't succeed, just call it Version 1.0
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#15 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 9:18:26 PM(UTC)
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I am not saying I am right I am just offering as different point of view that I had picked up somewhere.....it is most likely the same and I can't think of any reasons why it would be different. But thinking along those lines, why would it be any differen
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I am not saying I am right I am just offering as different point of view that I had picked up somewhere.....it is most likely the same and I cant think of any reasons why it would be different. But thinking along those lines, why would it be any different
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quote:
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I am not saying I am right I am just offering as different point of view that I had picked

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#18 Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:46:54 PM(UTC)
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Hi, I have one of these things and I always thought it was XU-1 because it has DISC on the Nut and the casting of the body of the Master Cylinder is rounded on both sides but the Nut read 15K5P. Also the lines that go into it one is larger than tyhe other
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#19 Posted : Thursday, 24 April 2008 8:03:44 AM(UTC)
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Hi John.

15K5 = 15th October 1975 & P = PM shift.

The master cylinder with the rounded ends is the HK/T/G & early LC type, but the nut is 1975. Either the nut has been changed or its a genuine replacement cylinder made in 1975. Im not sure that they
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Hi John.

15K5 = 15th October 1975 & P = PM shift.

The master cylinder with the rounded ends is the HK/T/G & early LC type, but the nut is 1975. Either the nut has been changed or it's a genuine replacement cylinder made in 1975. I'm not sure that th
If at first you don't succeed, just call it Version 1.0
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