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[Healeys] Empty Brake/Clutch Reservoir

To: "R. Price Lindsay" <050.rpl@gmail.com>, "Healeys, Forum" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Empty Brake/Clutch Reservoir
From: "josef-eckert@t-online.de" <josef-eckert@t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:43:58 +0100 (MET)
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The brake fluid might be in the brake booster. They like to eat it when the 
seals are gone.

Josef Eckert
Germany

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Betreff: [Healeys] Empty Brake/Clutch Reservoir
Datum: 2015-11-30T21:38:59+0100
Von: "R. Price Lindsay" &lt;050.rpl@gmail.com>
An: "Healey List" &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;

Iâ??ve looked through the archives and canâ??t find anything quite like this.  
I see where fluid escapes from the brake side of the reservoir or the clutch 
side; but not both.

I drove my BJ8 to Gettysburg from FL this summer without incidence of brake 
issues.  The brakes were strong and responsive.  Since then I have driven it 
very little (itâ??s HOT in FL in July, August and September).  I took the car 
to a local car show a week or two ago and everything was fine.  I got in the 
car last night and the brake petal went down and inch or so before engaging 
with a strong petal.  I looked at the fluid level and both the brake side and 
clutch side were virtually empty.  I noticed that the reservoir cap was not 
seated correctly, which is odd and the cap on the radiator was also loose, 
odder yet.  There is no sign of spillage in the engine bay nor on the floor.  

Can a loose reservoir cap cause most all of the fluid to escape from both the 
brake side as well as the clutch?  

Price Lindsay
67 BJ8


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