My experience exactly. Brake pedal goes to floor, heart races, pull up on
e-brake, narrowly escape death from passing semi, attempt to pump up brakes,
light comes on.
David Riker
74 Midget
78 Midget
63 Falcon
http://personalweb.sunset.net/~davidr
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
To: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>
Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: List Wisdom:Brake Warning
> Steve Byers wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, but I thought the original question addressed the "push to test"
> > switch. I only have a '73 Midget and that's all I'm familiar with. The
> > brake fail warning assembly and switch on that car is on the right side,
as
> > you sit in the driver's seat, with the "push to test" switch directly in
> > front of the driver on the dash.
>
> I just have to chime in on this thread (somebody that lives nowhere and
> has no vehicles hates that term)
> This brake failure light has lit up on more then one of my Spridgets in
> the past.
> The classic was when I blew out a brake hose stopping for a toll.
> Here are the sequence of events when the brakes fail
> 1) pedal goes to the floor
> 2) you say OH SH*T!
> 3) down shift quickly and pull E brake
> 4) you notice a red light on the dash (just a bit too late)
>
> So if that light is on, you have no brakes.
> But by the time you see the light, you already know this, this light
> just verifys what your foot just told you.
> You should not be driving with no brakes.
> I have never seen this light come on except when pushed to test or when
> the pedal hit the metal.
>
>
> --
> Frank
> Drive it or give it to somebody that will
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
>
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