Denise:
Do you have the shields on the front brakes. The only other thing I
can think of is the front brakes for some reason are not applying enough
braking. The disc setup should not be really prone to water. The drums
will. Having wet drums will reduce braking somewhat, but the front brakes
should give you reasonable braking. There is something wrong, most B's have
really good brakes iregardless of year, even in the wet.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xyzabcde@earthlink.net [mailto:xyzabcde@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 1:43 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Wet brakes don't work
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Now that the '67 B has been upgraded to have two speed
> wipers, I now intend to
> tackle another safety issue, to whit, when driving in the
> rain, the brakes get
> wet and stop working. This has happened consistently over
> the 20 years I've
> owned this car through many brake changes. I've developed
> the habit of waiting
> until no one is behind me and then driving with my left foot
> on the brake pedal
> until the brakes start to grab.
>
> Other cars don't do this so it must be a solveable problem.
> However, I don't
> know if the problem is that the brakes can get wet or that
> the water effects the
> brakes. I also don't know if this is just my car or if other
> people have this
> problem. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, do the
> later brakes ('68 on)
> have this problem? Or is this common to all B's, maybe all
> MG's? If so, has
> anyone found a way to solve this problem?
>
> Any and all anecdotes, guesses, suggestions, comments, etc.
> gratefully accepted.
>
> TIA,
> Denise Thorpe
>
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