OK, The Cardone remanufactured brake master cylinder arrived at the Advance Auto on Saturday. I was pleasantly surprised when the MC showed up complete with the reservoir. Everything I saw showed that I was going to have to reuse my old reservoir (which I got to retain, since I had removed it from the core I was to required to leave). In addition, the box contained two plastic bleed inserts and two pieces of plastic hose that made bench bleeding a breeze and also re-bleeding after installing the MC into the car easy and with far less leakage than I had ever experienced before with MC extraction/replacement. The only small amount of escaping brake fluid was when I had to remove the plastic inserts to install the hard lines.
I also felt I got really lucky in that I had hard pedal from the minute I connected the hard lines, so cylinder bleeding was minimal. I have only put 10-15 miles on this MC, so I will re-bleed the cylinders in a little while....and with only 10-15 miles on the MC, I can't speak to the durability of the unit, but so far it appears that the $42 I spent was not in vain...and my shoes/carpeting are appreciative!
Larry