JHZR2
Staff member
I think I found my new least favorite routine maintenance.
The pre and main filter on my Dodge Ram Cummins is next to impossible. It’s a spin on for the 94-96 my, and buried way deep. Too many things in the way to get it from the top; and on the ground, at least laying on my back, it’s too high. Massive opportunity to get beat up by your truck, and get dirt in the main filter.
So then I read that you can unbolt the Master Cylinder. I guess the lines are long enough that you can push it to the side a bit. So I might do that just to at least clean things up a bit and work on the water in fuel connector that did not want to go together.
Is there a gasket between the MC and booster? Is it a replacement item? I assume there should be one because there is vacuum in there. Do these gaskets typically degrade if they have been kept free of brake fluid? Should I preemptively replace if separating the two items?
Ive changed probably 30 pre and main filters on MB cars. Easy. This thing was not.
And it was good to do...
The pre and main filter on my Dodge Ram Cummins is next to impossible. It’s a spin on for the 94-96 my, and buried way deep. Too many things in the way to get it from the top; and on the ground, at least laying on my back, it’s too high. Massive opportunity to get beat up by your truck, and get dirt in the main filter.
So then I read that you can unbolt the Master Cylinder. I guess the lines are long enough that you can push it to the side a bit. So I might do that just to at least clean things up a bit and work on the water in fuel connector that did not want to go together.
Is there a gasket between the MC and booster? Is it a replacement item? I assume there should be one because there is vacuum in there. Do these gaskets typically degrade if they have been kept free of brake fluid? Should I preemptively replace if separating the two items?
Ive changed probably 30 pre and main filters on MB cars. Easy. This thing was not.
And it was good to do...