Is a master cylinder from a car with ABS suitable?

[RAYLEE29]

Hi, the master cylinder on mine was all part of the abs system and as such was totally unsuitable, my car was a j plate 2litre estate
you need one from an early non abs car or someone used one from a p100
Ray

[Matthew]

Thanks Ray

Guess I should have looked before asking, but it was early. It's pretty obvious it isn't going to work:



Is the bore diameter of all the other cylinders the same, or do I need to find one from a disk braked car?

Matt

[flyerncle]

Long time since I worked on an ABS fitted Sierra too !

[twinturbo]

The ABS PUMP unit has been proven to work fine on it's own with a sierra in fact it gives good power brakes.

However

1) it's big and heavy
2) although cars are passing MOT's like this, I am not sure what the IVA man would do???

TT

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by twinturbo

2) although cars are passing MOT's like this, I am not sure what the IVA man would do???

TT

I understand that they disable the system (take out the fuse or whatever) to check that the brake balance is still ok without it.