I was removing these two items from my engine bay this evening and as I have done with most items, tried to research what options were available for repair/upgrade/rebuild if needed. There are two options noted in the FAQ, one for www.powerbrakes.com (the link in the FAQ is broken but the website can be found) and the other for the great Hal Boyles at 2002sonly. Unfortunately the first doesn't seem to do these rebuilds anymore as they are listed as "sold out", as is Hal's site. Regarding the brake master cylinder, this also seems to be a hard part to find. I got a bit worried when I broke one of the connectors but those appear readily available. Any new sources for these two items?
Based on at least one prior thread, I emailed Jay Stratton, but unfortunately the reply I got from him was rather rude - over three emails he asked first whether I read English, second whether I'd read his website, and then send a third email stating "Are you surgeon. You do not know the terminology to be working on Cars. People like you need to google and learn terminology before you start asking questions"
Point taken. He does not repair vacuum brake boosters.
This still leaves the question of what to do if either of these parts fail. Rebuilt master brake cylinders seem available for north of $700. A thread from last year had Don noting that this part could be found from bimmerparts and others, but unfortunately everything now seems out of stock. Options?
Based on at least one prior thread, I emailed Jay Stratton, but unfortunately the reply I got from him was rather rude - over three emails he asked first whether I read English, second whether I'd read his website, and then send a third email stating "Are you surgeon. You do not know the terminology to be working on Cars. People like you need to google and learn terminology before you start asking questions"
Point taken. He does not repair vacuum brake boosters.
This still leaves the question of what to do if either of these parts fail. Rebuilt master brake cylinders seem available for north of $700. A thread from last year had Don noting that this part could be found from bimmerparts and others, but unfortunately everything now seems out of stock. Options?
