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1. MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:47:37 -0400; Went by the garage to see for myself how the brakes are coming along on the MGC, not good. They seem to be stumped. I pushed on the pedal and there is about 1/8 of an inch travel before it stops and; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00571.html (7,344 bytes)
2. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:40:22 -0700; Odd, to say the least. Have you checked the front calipers? Could one (or more) of the pistons be frozen? You'd have probably noticed before. This is so extreme as to seem like it must be a physical; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00578.html (8,713 bytes)
3. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:58:32 -0400 (EDT); Did this happen before the mc was rebuilt?; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00586.html (7,674 bytes)
4. MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:33:00 -0400; Went out to the garage where the MGC has been for the last month or so. I wanted to talk to the owner (grouchy old fart) and he did all the talking... said get the thing out of there, they could not; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00614.html (7,662 bytes)
5. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:12:22 -0500; If they couldn't fix it they don't deserve any money for "trying." CR; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00615.html (7,150 bytes)
6. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: dresden@tiac.net; Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:21:18 -0400 (EDT); Of course, I don't know what they If they ask for your money, ask them what color the sky is in their world. Nevin; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00621.html (7,194 bytes)
7. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:32:12 EDT; << Went out to the garage where the MGC has been for the last month or so. I wanted to talk to the owner (grouchy old fart) and he did all the talking... said get the thing out of there, they could n; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00646.html (8,383 bytes)
8. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 12:17:19 -0400; I am located in Mt. Sterling KY, about 30 miles East of Lexington Ky right off I-64. I would welcome any help, I am totally stumped. There would be at least a good meal and drink for any and all who; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00652.html (8,981 bytes)
9. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 11:43:55 EDT; Okay, List. Anybody near Mt. Stirling, KY, or going past it int the near future, who can help Mike figure out his MGC brake problem? Last I heard, he thought the lines to the brake servo may be backw; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00705.html (7,647 bytes)
10. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>; Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:27:59 -0500; It's a bit of a haul for you, Mike, but Nationwide in Jeffersonville, IN (just across the river from Louisville off of I-65) can CERTAINLY fix the problem! I've been to a couple of tech sessions ther; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00718.html (7,669 bytes)
11. re:MGC brakes (score: 1): Author: Mowog1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:03:46 EDT; If you are certain that the servoes are at fault, you can remove them and fit "bypass tubing" in their place. Braking effort will be considerable, but this will allow you to test the integrity of th; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00742.html (7,642 bytes)
12. MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 21:09:16 -0400; As of today, I have, at Apple's request removed them from the car and mailed them back. They are going to recheck them. I think they are still bad. It seems odd that they both would be bad, unless th; /html/mgs/1999-05/msg00855.html (8,048 bytes)
13. MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 07:49:51 -0500; Pulled the brake boosters (servos) off the C last night and brake fluid came out of the big black vacuum drums, it came out of the connection where the vacuum line on each drum goes from the manifold; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01394.html (7,897 bytes)
14. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:40:25 +0000; Hi again, The way the brake fluid gets into the brake booster is from a leaking master cylinder. The servos may have nothing wrong with them, but from my experience with MGC servos, they probably do.; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01413.html (9,030 bytes)
15. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:41:53 -0500; I got the rebuilt servos/boosters via UPS today. They look pretty good, but externally my old ones look better. I am confused (a normal state), when I removed the old boosters I unhooked the brake li; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01431.html (10,803 bytes)
16. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: MG4EVR@aol.com; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:58:22 EST; <<The way the brake fluid gets into the brake booster is from a leaking master I am curious, could you elaborate? Isn't the connection between the master cylinder and the servos through the servo's s; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01438.html (7,676 bytes)
17. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: xyzabcde@earthlink.net; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:25:38 +0000; Oops! You're right. I was picturing the remote servos on a C and thinking of the integral servo on a late model B. That means that it _is_ the servos that are bad and not necessarily the master cyli; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01439.html (8,424 bytes)
18. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 07:23:54 -0500; This is correct, there is a big black drum (Vacuum) with a servo (fluid) to it. There are brake lines that run from the M/C to these servos (fluid) and these servos are attached to the black drum. Wh; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01440.html (9,038 bytes)
19. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: MG4EVR@aol.com; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:15:19 EST; Mike, yes you are right there should be no fluid on the vacuum side of the boosters. You have internal leakage. The white smoke you see is brake fluid being burned in your engine. I had the same prob; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01445.html (8,149 bytes)
20. Re: MGC Brakes (score: 1): Author: Mike Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:26:42 -0500; Been trying to bolt of the boosters. They bolt up to the car all right and the lines drop where they are suppose to but now I have one brake line that will not screw into the fitting. They don't look; /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01448.html (8,681 bytes)

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