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1. What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Oct 2000 07:23:13 -0500; Symptoms - First press of the pedal, lots of travel before there is any braking effect. Since there is not much travel left, I hit the floor before I can achieve strong braking; mild braking require; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00085.html (8,579 bytes)
2. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:37:03 -0400; Richard, I would check my Master Cylinder, this is very typical. It is leaking enough that the first pump will blow by but not so much that on the second pump it will start to pump OK. Could also be; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00086.html (9,380 bytes)
3. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Oct 2000 08:05:28 -0500; That was quick everyone! Thanks to Craig, Patrick and Chuck who replied within Universal opinion - it is my master cylinder, or possibly caliper/slave cylinder. Patrick reckoned that it is more likel; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00089.html (8,533 bytes)
4. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@pop.xs4all.nl>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:17:40 +0200; braking If you stomp the pedal hard after not braking for a while, is it reasonably solid right at the first time? If so, you most probably have a leaky bit of rubber in your master cylinder. Hitting; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00090.html (9,061 bytes)
5. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:22:26 -0400; Actually, I would say the fact that it came on suddenly would indicate that it is more repairable. Most M/Cs are not repairable if they are pitted or scored in the cylinder. This is usually caused by; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00091.html (9,984 bytes)
6. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Oct 2000 08:36:18 -0500; Thanks again to you all for your swift replies. Good point about tandem systems. Daffy was first registered August '78, which should make her a tandem brake system, but in fact she is single cylinder; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00092.html (8,718 bytes)
7. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 09 Oct 2000 08:41:04 -0500; Hello yet again! Craig has just suggested that I replace my fluid with DOT5 while I am at it. Am I right in thinking that this requires, at the very least, a purge of the DOT4 that is in the system c; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00093.html (8,583 bytes)
8. RE: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@pop.xs4all.nl>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 16:28:08 +0200; Without any other problems cropping up: an afternoon, tops. Should be possible. After removing the piston, check the cylinder surface *very carefully* for marks or pitting. Even with new seals and ev; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00094.html (9,574 bytes)
9. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: PorscheRcr@aol.com; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 10:28:00 EDT; while inserting it) Be sure to lubricate it with fresh, new brake fluid of the type you are going to use. Greases or oils wouldn't be good here. my $.02 Bill J '68 GT8; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00095.html (8,601 bytes)
10. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Ross" <MIKEROSS@Prodigy.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:02:25 -0400; You should run denatured alcohol throught the lines to purge the old DOT4. Mike at it. purge of the all traces of the tonight!; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00096.html (9,325 bytes)
11. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 16:35:31 +0100; I've put DOT 5 silicon through my system... I took a straw pole from the group on the best procedure and the general thought is that DOT4 does mix with DOT5, but you get the worst of both worlds, the; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00098.html (10,641 bytes)
12. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>; Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 09:21:08 -0700; and the general ** I don't know who told you that DOT 5 would mix with DOT 4 but they are incorrect - and obviously never tried to mix the two. They are not compatible and will not mix anymore than o; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00099.html (9,833 bytes)
13. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 10 Oct 2000 02:52:48 -0500; Eric suggested that it could just be an air pocket in my brake lines, and to test this by stomping on the brake and seeing if it works straight away. Well, I tried this on the way home, and however h; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00111.html (9,478 bytes)
14. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:48:02 +0100; My Humble appologies, Lucky I didn't follow the instructions on the DOT5 packet and just add it to a previously drained system. I Quote "no need to remove all traces of the old DOT4 mineral brake flu; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00112.html (10,641 bytes)
15. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:40:58 +0200; can get such I bought a Gunson Eazibleed in a Halfords shop in York last May. About thirteen quid, I seem to recall. Haven't used it yet, but it's supposed to be quite usable. Cheers, Eric Kieboom, T; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00113.html (9,113 bytes)
16. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:00:29 -0700; Oh, no apologies necessary. I just didn't want anybody thinking that they could pour a bottle of Silicon based brake fluid in an already Glycol based system and think everything was a-OK. I tried po; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00114.html (10,499 bytes)
17. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:26:21 +0100; I noted similar, I was replacing the whole system as part of a rebuild. Copper pipes, new slaves, rebuilt callipers, braided hoses etc. The only thing I didn't change was the master cylinder seals..; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00116.html (11,722 bytes)
18. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 12 Oct 2000 07:43:42 -0500; Thanks to all who advised me on my brakes (Patrick, Craig, Chuck, Tim, Eric, Howard, Bill, Michael, David. Greg, Doug - God, there's a lot of you helpful guys out there!). I just bled my brakes durin; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00167.html (10,781 bytes)
19. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:21:01 -0400; Being able to pump up the brakes is not normally an indicator of a defective master cylinder, it's more commonly an indicator of maladjusted brake shoes. It can also indicate a problem with the calip; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00168.html (9,334 bytes)
20. Re: What's wrong with my brakes? (score: 1): Author: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>; Date: 12 Oct 2000 08:37:16 -0500; I'm guessing that the brake shoes are not maladjusted, since the handbrake seems to work fine - presumably if the brakes were maladjusted I wouldn't have much of a handbrake? If it is not the brake s; /html/spitfires/2000-10/msg00169.html (9,882 bytes)

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