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Re: Big smoke

To: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>, "healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Big smoke
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 07:51:28 -0400
But Steve---whatever happened to the E-Type?:)




> [Original Message]
> From: BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
> To: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 4/16/05 10:15:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Big smoke
>
> Hi, Dave -
>
> I'm pretty sure it's your servo.  Same thing happened to me once.  While
> tooling around out in the country about 400 miles from home, I came
around a
> curve to find a Jag E-type roadster parked with a For Sale sign on it.  I
got
> hard on the brakes, and suddenly was enveloped in a white fog.  Later
> investigation under the shade of a tree found that all three of the rear
> sparkplugs were coated with a brilliant white substance, and after I got
home
> and opened the booster canister I found a half-pint or so of brake fluid
in
> it.  That explained where all the brake fluid had been going that I had
been
> adding frequently.
>
> I rebuilt my booster myself, and it wasn't difficult -- the only problem
being
> the foam rubber packing for the leather seal was much too thick and made
the
> booster piston stick and lock the brakes on until I shaved down the foam.
> That was trial and error until I got it right.
>
> Get yourself some dry-film lubricant for the inside of the canister.  I
got
> mine here:  http://www.sandstromproducts.com
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dave Carpenter
>   To: Austin Healey ; tom felts ; Dick Gaier
>   Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:53 PM
>   Subject: Big smoke
>
>
>   Guess the brake servo bought it. Had the BJ8 out Thursday evening and it
>   was running great. The brakes were a bit soft even after a bleeding.
>   Short trip so took it easy and careful. On the way home I go up a steep
>   long stretch that would be safe to let it wind up in second and third.
>   At the top of the hill it levels off a ways and the traffic light turned
>   red, so I stopped. That's when the billows of white smoke engulfed the
>   entire rear of the car and couldn't see the car behind me. All the
>   gauges looked good, idle was smooth, smoke subsided then quit. It was
>   pretty white and didn't smell of antifreeze or engine oil, but it had a
>   distinct smell that one doesn't normally relate to either of the usual
>   fluid leaks. If after running that hard up the hill and then backing off
>   the throttle, I'm assuming the missing fluid I topped up in the brake
>   reservoir must have been sucked into the manifold under vacuum. When I
>   get some time, I'll investigate further. Fluid isn't going out anywhere
>   that I can see, so I'm going to be looking at the servo and doing a
>   rebuild. We have a local shop that specializes in such rebuilds, but I
>   think I'll try it myself first because that's the way I am. (Cheap,
>   handy and dumb enough to venture into the unknown). I've read the past
>   posts and have some filed about the pitfalls and specail requirements of
>   the boosters and I'm not scared. Any other suggestions appreciated.
>
>   Dave
>   67 BJ8
>   60 BT7
>   60 Bugeye




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