Master cylinders

[paranoid]

The first I knew of this was when the 'handbrake' warning light remained on irrespective. I topped-up the brake M/C, the light extinguished. No sign of hydraulic leaks under the car or on the garage floor and all seemed well for a few weeks until the scenario was repeated. When fitting an adjustable accelerator (so my other half can reach it - bad idea?)I noticed a smell of hydraulic fluid in the footwell and found the footwell was awash with the stuff underneath the carpets. Closer investigation revealed that cluch cylinder was also beginning to leak fom its piston seal, behind the pedal box and under the carpets. To replace the cylinders appeared to require the removal of the complete pedal-box. I'm getting too old to spend several hours inverted in the footwell, while my local garage took a look and declined. A sportscar specialist sorted matters, albeit at a price, and stated they had not charged me for all the hours involved. And I still had the old hydraulid fluid to mop-up. The moral seems to be:
1 If your Griff starts to 'lose' fluid, head down footwell pronto.
2 If Peninsula can do the honours for £47 + VAT (per cylinder?)- form an orderly queue now! I suspect that is just the price of the part (even so, much less than I was billed)
3 My Griff is now 10 years old and has covered 57000 miles so I recommend that you check for safety's sake, not to mention preventing damage to youir carpets.

[arthur dent]

i had the clutch master cylinder go a week after i got my griff and you are right it was a hell of a job.
although the part was only eight pounds from motorfactors. turned out to be a rubber from a mark two cortina