Do you brake with your left foot in your nomally driven automatic car?
Ron Sanborn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Cc: <Mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:16 AM
Subject: [Mgs] Brake failure - What caused it?
> Here's a little trouble-shooting exercise for ya, gang. I got my '69 B
> out of the garage after it had been sitting undriven for several
> months.Backed her out, hit the brakes and the pedal went to the metal!
> Wound up on the grass next to my driveway, fortunately an uphill slope.
> So I look in the master cylinder and the front chamber is almost dry - my
> bad, should have kept it topped up. So I fill it with Dot 4, do a little
> bleeding and get a nice firm pedal with no leaking down. Drove the car a
> few times in the cool of the morning with no problem.
>
> Couple days later I'm pulling slowly into my garage, got to stop and the
> brake pedal goes to the metal! I almost yanked the handbrake lever off
> the floor! So after I changed shorts, I looked in the master and it was
> still full. Hopped in the car and tried the brakes again and they worked
> fine with a firm pedal. Brake lights work too and there are no
> discernible leaks.
>
> I think I know what's wrong. What's your take?
>
> CR
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