[Spridgets] 69 Brakes fixed.

[David Groundwater]

what did you replace the shuttle valve with?  Mine is NG
Dave

70 Midget

> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:46:59 -0400
> From: spritenut at comcast.net
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] 69 Brakes fixed.
>
> No juice to the rear wheels was a bad shuttle valve or what ever is in
> the brass failure switch.
> And of my 2 spares, both had the same problem.
> How many Spridgets are running with no rear brakes?
> Pedal was hard, air could be blown thru the shuttle but fluid did not
> pass the shuttle which did it's job when the brakes failed back in 1977.
> I pulled out the plunger, not exactly as the book states with gentle air
> pressure since 120 psi didn't move it but when you heat it up and melt
> the shuttle seals, it comes out.
> No shuttle now and the brakes are fine. I even had a boogered thread on
> the union which had a leak, all fixed now.
> BTW, it's sold!
>
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> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites
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