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Re: MGA brake problem

To: Dennis Skog <skog@whidbey.com>
Subject: Re: MGA brake problem
From: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 10:04:06 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Dennis Skog wrote:

> Still have not been able to find a reasonable brake master cylinder for 
> my sisters MGA. I'm not even sure at this point if she needs one, Mabye 
> the problem is correctable with her existing master cylinder.
> What happens is that the car is driven a few miles and the brakes are 
> applied a few times, they do not fully release but continue to bind more 
> and more with each application.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Dennis Skog '66 MGB (baby) his
>              '60 JAG MK I (reggie) hers
>              '58 MGA     sisters

It may be in the mc, but other things to check are a mechanical 
malfunction in a brake causing extreme heat build up, and a flexible 
brake hose that is failing internally and acting as a one-way valve.

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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