# 1974 Mercury Capri master cylinder **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** mercury, capri\ **Created:** [November 10, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178 "2013-11-10T08:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capri05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Capri05](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Capri05)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/1 "2013-11-10T08:58:46Z")
I own a 1974 Mercury Capri and I am having trouble finding a master cylinder. Does anybody have any idea where I can locate one? Please note, although Cardone states they have a master cylinder in stock they do not. Any suggestions, maybe a master cylinder from another model? HELP! ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/2 "2013-11-10T09:10:10Z")
@Capri05 If you can’t find a master cylinder, can you at least find a rebuild kit? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/3 "2013-11-10T10:16:02Z")
If Rockauto doesn’t have it, then you know you’re going to have problems finding it. Tester ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/4 "2013-11-10T10:35:06Z")
Try Team Blitz. If anyone is going to have it, they will. If they don’t have it, likely no one will. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/5 "2013-11-10T10:47:08Z")
The Pinto should be the same or have the same capabilities. Many of the old ones will do because they were all similar back then. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/6 "2013-11-10T22:17:29Z")
Rockauto shows 2 different ones for that car. Have you called them? ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/7 "2013-11-10T22:38:09Z")
@pleasedodegevan I believe the Capri engine and the Pinto engine are different animals. The Capri is a British car with an engine similar to the British Ford Escort, very different form the US Escort. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/8 "2013-11-10T23:18:58Z")
@Docknick - for several years they put the Ford 2.3 l engine in both the Capri and Pinto. They also offered the 2.8 l ‘Cologne’ v6 on the Capri, that was the performance engine. I tried to adjust the valves on my roommate’s 2.3 l Capri in college, turned out the noise came from the cam follwers being worn our by the cam. I helped a little, but it needed new cam and followers, at a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1974-mercury-capri-master-cylinder/82178/9 "2013-11-11T18:39:46Z")
Docnik, Sorry, but in the US the Capri’s shared the same engine with the Pinto’s - but in Europe there were more options - among them European engines. And, No, the Capri wasn’t a British car. While there were factories in the UK, there were also factories on the continent - and most of the Capri’s imported into the US came from Cologne. (Wikipedia is your friend)