Apart from the paltry instructions and the poor quality of the reservoir itself, I am not happy with what I take to be the 'standard' method of connecting this thing to the brake feed lines.
It seems (though I can't find where it specifically says) that you are supposed to work out where the outlet bung needs to go through the firewall, drill a hole of some appropriate size and just poke it through. Could this be correct?
It seems in marked contrast to the care taken with other firewall penetrations, where we use expensive shields, eyeballs or specially designed bulkhead fittings, in addition to firewall sealant and lots of doublers.
I imagine the least that would be acceptable is to use firewall sealant around the reservoir outlet at the hole in the firewall. But, if this is acceptable in the vicinity of the 'little bomb' why is it not acceptable for all the other penetrations?
I understand that the mechanical loads are supposed to be taken by the reservoir mounting lugs, which are bolted directly to a strong point, but the strength of the mounting lugs themselves has been found sorely wanting in the past.
I found one builder (Roee Kalinsky take a bow) who felt it was unacceptable. He adapted an ACS reservoir with a proper mounting bracket, a T to split the feed on the engine side and two proper bulkhead fittings doing double duty as fixtures for the mounting bracket and separate fireproof bulkhead penetrations for each brake. That eliminates all of the problems with the reservoir (poor quality mount, interference with forward leaning firewall, poor female pipe threads, amateurish firewall penetration and a leaky nylon T piece. However all of that would take me a week, plus lead time on the parts.
Are there any other approaches that people would recommend or have actually implemented?
It seems (though I can't find where it specifically says) that you are supposed to work out where the outlet bung needs to go through the firewall, drill a hole of some appropriate size and just poke it through. Could this be correct?
It seems in marked contrast to the care taken with other firewall penetrations, where we use expensive shields, eyeballs or specially designed bulkhead fittings, in addition to firewall sealant and lots of doublers.
I imagine the least that would be acceptable is to use firewall sealant around the reservoir outlet at the hole in the firewall. But, if this is acceptable in the vicinity of the 'little bomb' why is it not acceptable for all the other penetrations?
I understand that the mechanical loads are supposed to be taken by the reservoir mounting lugs, which are bolted directly to a strong point, but the strength of the mounting lugs themselves has been found sorely wanting in the past.
I found one builder (Roee Kalinsky take a bow) who felt it was unacceptable. He adapted an ACS reservoir with a proper mounting bracket, a T to split the feed on the engine side and two proper bulkhead fittings doing double duty as fixtures for the mounting bracket and separate fireproof bulkhead penetrations for each brake. That eliminates all of the problems with the reservoir (poor quality mount, interference with forward leaning firewall, poor female pipe threads, amateurish firewall penetration and a leaky nylon T piece. However all of that would take me a week, plus lead time on the parts.
Are there any other approaches that people would recommend or have actually implemented?