What Jeff said! Don't take any chances with this one.
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From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jeff Boatright
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 4:03 PM
To: kate & gary
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 1ST DRIVE IN 4 YEARS!!!!!!!
My guess, and I realize that this is an unsolicited opinion, is that
they are not OK. The various rubber components in the master and
slave cylinders will dry out without use (even if the system is
topped up, which yours was not). Also, there is probably quite a bit
of moisture in the system. It simply collects over time right out of
the air. Really. The brakes may feel OK now, but the first time you
_really_ need to stop, you really tromp on 'em, a crumbling gasket
will blow and we'll find out how good you are at emergency steering.
Not to be a jerk, but this does happen; it happened to me. I was
LBC-young and foolish. We don't want it to happen to you, Kate. As
John Muir used to say, in all human endeavors, but especially
relationships and cars, it is much easier to go, but much harder yet
more important to stop.
At 8:54 AM -0700 8/9/00, kate & gary wrote:
>Actually, the brakes only have about 5000 miles on them - maybe even a
little
>less. The car has been sitting for 10 years, in increments of 2 - 4 years
at
>a time. I added fluid to the nearly empty reservoir and pumped the pedal a
>bit, and started getting pressure, so I think they will be ok.
>Kate
>
>Larry Macy wrote:
>
> > HOORAY!!! And Congrats on getting her running,
> >
> > Now get the brakes FIXED!!!
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > At this exact moment in time 8/8/00 23:21, kgb@clipper.net made the
> > profound statement:
> >
> > >Finally got Madge running well enough to run her down the road and
back.
> > >I had almost forgotten what it feels like to drive her. Still need to
> > >buy a battery and pump up the brakes a bit more, but she RUNS!!! It was
> > >a little disconcerting when I went to turn around in the tavern parking
> > >lot and found out that the only brakes I had was the gearbox, but what
> > >the heck - MGs were made to go, not stop.
> > >Kate
> >
> > Larry Macy
> > 78 Midget
> >
> > Keep your top down and your chin up
> >
> > Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> > macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> > System Administrator/Manager
> > Neuropsychiatry Section
> > Department of Psychiatry
> > University of Pennsylvania
> > 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
> > Philadelphia, PA 19104
> >
> > Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
> > question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
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