411 Master cylinder bore specs

[Hydroglen]

Any shop specializing in brake rebuilding should be able to help you. Take them the part and they will recondition it. No need to worry about sizes....the size will be determined by how it will be reconditioned.

Dorien

[Bryn Tirion]

I'm in the US on a visit myself so have no information to hand, but isn't the master cylinder just a Jag one? Cheap to replace.

Hopefully one of the Forum members who knows the answer will reply!! If anyone reads these, that is.

[GREG]

No it's not Jag - it's early Land Rover / Range Rover 23mm

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by Bryn Tirion

I'm in the US on a visit myself so have no information to hand, but isn't the master cylinder just a Jag one?

No (we're talking about the Bristol 411)

All of the brake caliper information is in the resources section of this site, here Resources - Bristol Cars - Owners and Enthusiasts Forum

[GREG]

By the way -- my earlier comments were not aimed at Nic ! He happens to be one of the most helpful contributors to the forum

But I do feel sorry for a lot of newby owners getting really wishy washy answers to a simple question -- and as Kevin pointed out, the information is normally in the resources section, so worth checking there first.

[Geoff Kingston]

Greg
Are the Zeuse callipers available just for the fronts or do they do sets for the rear as well.
Absolutly right on the Master Cylinder, it's Range Rover not Jaguar, the one on my 411 came from a local landrover parts guy, have also had the 410's cylinders sleeved by Past Parts and they work fine no problems at all.
Geoff.

[GREG]

Good question - I was lucky enough to talk to the owner when I called to enquire about the callipers they offer -- they were asked quite a while ago to develop a disc brake for the London Fairway Cab that we all know and love. After successfully achieving that project they realised that there must me a lot of classic car owners that would love the benefit of disc brakes or have disc brakes that have now become obsolete --- they discovered that the callipers on the Bristol were identical to the callipers on a number of cars except for the bolt hole distance ( eg Reliant Scimitar / Jag etc ) - So they developed a better calliper that uses the same brake pad but gives an increased surface area for improved braking performance , but with multiple bolt holes to enable the calliper to be used on a variety of cars I that era - clever eh

I did ask about the rears and he said there was a solution ,but I can't remember quite what it was ! I will clarify when I get chance

The Blenheim 4 has these callipers fitted and they work very well

I don't think there is much difference in price between having a set of callipers refurbished and purchasing the new Zeuss calliper -- so I would probably go for new ones if the performance is better -- or both to have a set in stock

Hope the above is helpful to someone

PS they also do a calliper to replace the 405 to 409 and probably have something similar to the expensive Coopercraft to convert the earlier cars

[GREG]

I owned a London Fairway cab for a few years due to being pissed on eBay !!

I can highly recommend them as a fun very British for, of transport ;-). The best £300 I ever spent and a great dog walking car ! Although , I did come from my local shop one day to find two old ladies sat in the back ! They wouldn't have any of me trying to explain that I wasn't a real cab driver, so I ended up taking them home and carrying their shopping in !!

My wife still laughs at that one

Six cylinder Bristol tyres will also fit on a Taxi and work almost as good as the Taxi tyres :-)