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About ten years ago I bought a TRW m/c for my LandRover Defender.
It was rubbish. It had swarf inside it and leaked from three separate places.
It took a while but eventually I got my money refunded. In the meantime I bought one from Rimmer Brothers. I don't remember the brand but it worked fine.
At the time the bloke at Rimmers told me that TRW bought in their parts from China. The...

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Trump's 5 day delay is about giving the calvary time to arrive, and get ready to deploy.

Nobody except Trump and his inner mob really know's what's going on at all.

Bernie, I bought one a good while back. The first one leaked straight out of the box and the replacement originally caused the front brakes to bind which meant adjusting the pushrod length until it freed. As mentioned above a lot on the MGA forum about them which I wasnt aware of until after I had purchased mine. I wouldnt buy another one.

Trev

There's another side to this as well.
Solar panels are quite common in Australia---- but.
A mate runs a mechanical repair business in reasonably large rented workshop. unfortunately it faces West and during the winter it cops the cold weather a bit, the rest of the year it was quite a comfortable building .
The owner in his wisdom decided to cover the roof with solar panels as a money...

Bernie
The problems with TRW dual master cylinders were leaking and or residual pressure. I had one poor chap contact me after having had three fail on him.
I suggested that he had his original master cylinder sleeved by Past Parts.
More detail can be obtained from the excellent MGA Guru website.
I did raise the issue on a TRW stand at a Mechanix Show, Sandown,some years ago but there ...

Bernie
I fitted a TRW tandem m/c to the Frogeye (3/4" version so suitable for front discs) and it's been fine up to now.

I fitted an AP Caparo about 4 years ago and it’s been fine . I got one as there were lots of rumblings about TRW. I think it’s down to luck as it’s difficult to know when they were manufactured anyway when you buy one .

I looked at the payback too, thinking of having 2x4 sets of panels which the website offered @ £280 a year savings, so would take @ 5 years to recover costs, and then what...

I decided to leave it too.

Buy on ebay circa 500 quid for 800 Watts

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135183588992

Great discussion here.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6659783/plug-in-solar

But how long to get your 500 quid back? I've read savings of circa 150/175 quid a year a current(😉) rates.

How long will the panels/kit last before it packs up? Will you get your...

Thanks for that,Dave. there was quite a bit of info about residual pressure and even using two gaskets on the end plate, but cutting them so that the piston butts up against the plate not the gasket, allowing the piston to clear the return hole.
I had a good look inside the cylinder and pulled out the valve in the bottom of the brake side. It looks as though it may not work as well as the old ...