What he (Steve) said - but I'll raise his 10-1 - to 20-1 - some of it
has been sucked through the vacuum hose feeding the servo and is long
gone in blue smoke via the carbs/exhaust - leaving your carbs in a mess
- a mounting brake fluid bill - and highly unreliable brakes.
It's not the best solution - but will do for a temporary fix - take
the servo right out of the circuit and go with purely mechanical (with
some hydraulic assistance from the fluid) brakes until you can
rebuild/replace the servo. I drove that way for a couple of years -
it's just a matter of 'adjusting' the pshyche (spelling?) to the good
old days of un-assisted brakes ie lean a little harder on the pedal!
The brakes still work just fine.
Happy braking,
Barrie Henderson
Christopher Albers wrote:
>
> semeraro(at)erols.com,Internet writes:
> >I've been having brake problems. Here are the symptoms. Flush the
> >system and everything seems fine. Leave the car a few days and the
> >fluid is real low and the pedal has gotten real soft. Top up the fluid
> >and drive around. Pedal is soft, but stops the car. Fluid stays where
> >it is. Let the car sit for 8 hours and the fluid is back down again.
> >There is no sign of any fluid leaking out (or at least not hitting the
> >ground). My local station, which is usually pretty good, first
> >suggested that the problem was that I needed new rotors. OK, so I
> >bought those. But now they say I need new calipers. Is this a likely
> >cause or are they just switching parts? If I do need new calipers how
> >hard are they to rebuild? Do most folks use rebuild kits or buy
> >rebuilt
> >units? Many thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> >Steve Semeraro
> >Series V Alpine
> >1968 Marcos GT
>
> >From: Steve Semeraro <semeraro(at)erols.com>
> >Subject: Brake Problems
> >Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:15:12 -0500
>
> Steve,
> ten will give you twenty that the brake fluid now resides in the
> atmospheric chamber (that big black thing) of your servo. It must be
> rebuilt.
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