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ellisjim
01-09-2012, 05:32 PM
Hi,
I'm unable to prevent the Wilwood plastic brake tank from slowly leaking brake fluid down the front of my pedal box.
It leaks at the seam where both tank pieces meet probably due to a poor design.
I've tried very light heat with torch to melt case joint and various other techniques to no avail.
Is there a single tank reservoir that I can purchase that is single piece tank (metal or plastic) ?
Thanks
Jim Ellis

John4337
01-09-2012, 06:50 PM
Mine did the same until I swapped the clamp for a stainless worm drove hose clamp, so far so good.....

FFinisher
01-09-2012, 07:00 PM
Super glue it, that is what I did on one.

JVolok
01-09-2012, 07:42 PM
I had the same problem and called Wilwood about it. They sent me a new replacement reservoir at no cost and it fixed the leak problem.

hd91lowrider
01-09-2012, 09:44 PM
Had the same problem. I used some 5 minute apoxy from Home Depot. Take the reservoir off, apply some apoxy. Push back together and twist back and forth to get good seal. Good luck.

Crawleyscobra
01-10-2012, 09:27 AM
Seems like just about everybody's leak... Mine did, so I ordered a set of CNC. No problems since.

ellisjim
01-10-2012, 10:56 AM
Fantastic, I've put a stainless clamp on, lets see what happens.

ellisjim
01-10-2012, 10:57 AM
Great, if stainless clamp wont hold then it's off to homedepot for some epoxy. Thanks for the help.