> Caveat emptor dude.
> When you buy an old car, you get the problems that go with it.
> If you are not a professional mechanic, then you should have the car you
are
> looking at checked out by a very knowledgeable mechanic.
> It sounds like the mastercylinder died.
> Ya know they don't make those master cylinders anymore, and that one may
> have a shelf life of 30+ years.
> Also know as NOS 9new old stock).
> When I buy new old stock brake and clutch hydraulics, I also buy a nos
> rebuild kit and install the kit. This way I don't have rubber seals that
> have set compressed all those years. I have learned this from working on
> cars for 37 years.
> Oh yea, it's a Jaguar that has been modified- maybe even a hack job!!!!
> I warned ya!
> I still hope ya get some money back!
> Get insurance now!!!!
> Richard W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:28 AM
> Subject: OT- I ALMOST DIED TONIGHT!!!!!
>
>
> > Hello All,
> > Well let me tell you something...don't buy a 72 JAG XJ6 with a chevy
350
> V8
> > conversion in SoCal and then think that everything is going to be okay
for
> the
> > six hour drive home....it won't be....don't let your girlfriend talk you
> into doing
> > it no matter how nice the car looks and how good she looks in it.
> > After a harrowing 6 hour drive thru some serious rain storms we
> > are coming into the city about 5 miles from home in some serious traffic
> > going down a steep hill and the brakes go out.. I mean they GO OUT!!
the
> car
> > has power brakes and the pedal goes right to the floor RIGHT TO THE
FLOOR
> > and its not stopping the car a bit. I'm pumping the brakes while
slaming
> the
> > car into 1st and pulling up on the parking brake. Its barely slowing
the
> car at
> > all and I'm coming to the bottom of the hill where the light is red and
> there is
> > a ton of cross traffic. I'm in the middle lane of a three lane street
with
> cars
> > on both sides and no way to stop. So I um.... nosed the car into the
> Volvo
> > staion wagon that was just in front of me and stopped the car. Nobody
was
> > hurt and the Volvo was just a little bit scratched on its big bumpers
> also. The
> > jags front bumper was bent in a little bit but that was it.
> > So heres my question, what the hell went wrong with the brakes.
> > The master cylinder is new-saw the paperwork and it looks new, and there
> was
> > no loss of brake fluid-the level in the brake fluid res. did not change.
> I have
> > never had a car with power brakes and don't instantly understand them.
> This
> > car has a line from the intake plenum to a big short cylinder that I
> believe
> > is a vacuum resevouir with is connected to the master cylinder. We had
> the
> > car towed to a friends garage but it can't stay there for very long and
we
> need
> > the damn thing to drive during the rainy season.
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Irene is going to call
the
> guy
> > who sold us the car tomorrow and bitch him out. Hopefully he is going
to
> give
> > us a HUGE chunk of the money we spent on the car.
> >
> > Daniel 69 2000
> > SF CA
> > p.s. sorry if this is not clear we decided that we needed several stiff
> drinks
> > after all the excitement.
> >
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