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Buy new ATE MC. 200 1984

posted by  someone claiming to be mikeS-84-240 on  Wed Mar 13 04:28 CST 2002 [RELATED]

When my '84 240's MC finally died at about 250k miles, I spent the big bucks on a brand-spankin-new genuine OEM Ate master cylinder. Cost about $100 at the local hi-dollar import parts store, but RPR has them on their website for $69.99: http://www.rprusa.com/frset3.htm

With the new MC I just threw it on, bled it quick, and it was good to go. Hasn't leaked a drop, works just fine.


I've screwed with brakes enough over the years that I've learned to find the best quality parts I can afford. If you're contemplating having a Volvo shop deal with the problem, you can probably afford the OEM parts. A shop is going to put on decent parts, charge you almost double for them, and charge a bunch of labor as well. If you buy a new MC and you still can't get it to bleed right, the shop will at least have new parts to work with. And they come with guarantees.

Mike






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