Allen,
I had a similar experience with my 70 1600. it was a rear wheel cyl
that would stick intermittently much like yours start to drag and
later no problem. I ended up replacing the rear cylinders. One
difference, now that i think about it.. i don't remember the hard
pedal.
-Marc
On Aug 8, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Jones Barton wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> Was out on a short run with my 1969 1600, I was running about 45
> mph in
> 4th gear when all of a sudden it felt like I lost power. I pulled
> over to the
> side of the road reved the engine and the engine sounded just fine. As
> I went
> to pull on the road again the car just drag like the emergency brake
> was on.
> The brake peddle got real hard and would not press in. I called a tow
> truck to
> get back home, As I was waiting about 45 minutes for the tow truck, I
> decided
> to restart the car the car rolled just fine I had the tow truck follow
> me back
> to the house about 6 miles, no problems. Any ideas on what happened?
>
> Allen Barton
> Steilacoom Wa
> 1969 1600
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