Quote from: LukeZ34 on August 29, 2006, 01:03:20 PM
So what was your secret to getting the Prior accumulator off?
Ours is torqued on so damn tight that I can't even budge the damn thing. Any suggestions?

What are you trying to remove it with now Luke? A strap wrench/oil filter wrench that's large enough to fit over the unit should work to remove it if you can't get at it with a wrench(for what it's worth, when I installed my prior accum., I tilted the engine forward pretty far and tightened it with a wrench...it was still a tight fit getting the wrench down to where I could actually tigthen it, so I imagine removal could be a pain if it's torqued overly tight).

My hands, and some of that rubber gripping stuff.
I've got an oil filter wrench, and that was my next plan of attack for it. Plus, I've gotta remove the turbo and x-over to check for leaks and to do some heat wrapping. So I'll have more room to mess around with the accumulator when I get those 2 parts out of the way.

Installation will be easy because I have a new GM accumulator going in place of the old Prior one.

I had the whole unit out of the car and just removed the 8 mm bolts for the whole pressure switch/accum assembly since it was leaking out of 2 spots and just removed basically the bottom half of the PM III and put in a stock one off my spare. We almost got it back together so if it dont work I am gonna cry  :icon_neutral: . Well, actually the pump and pressure switch do work, we tested it and the pump runs every 2 pedal presses. but we havent bled it yet and the brake light switch  :icon_evil: needs adjusting.


Update:
the pressure switch does leak on my spare so now I am in the market for another one of those and possibly an accumulater.

Quote from: z284pwr on July 31, 2006, 10:45:34 AM
You would know a rear proportioning valve problem, as brake fluid would be on the ground below the car....

Just don't get unlucky like us and have brake fluid eat through the lines of the Nuetral/Park safety switch, that one is really FUN to get with the engine/transmission in the car..... :icon_rolleyes: You get to do it with no eyes at all :icon_eek:

yep, replaced it already. lucky we had a spare tranny with one bolted to it.

damn, now its been in and out like 10 times and both master cylinders leak like a siv. the fluid is just pouring out of the weep hole right by the plunger.


what does that mean?

first the rod was being a bitch and wouldnt seat in the plunger and the brake pedal was hard/ wouldnt budge. it was like magic almost, pedal was hard,pressurised the system to see, nothin, loosened the firewall nuts, tightened them back up, then it squished right in. did it on both of them and kept squirting out of the weep hole like the seals are blown in both the master cylinders. unless its bad for the seals when you take it out and let it sit.

something Im forgetting here or is it possible I broke both master cylinders ?