Dave,
Your entire description is exactly what happened to me in my BJ8 in about
1974. Driving down the road at 35 and a huge white cloud billowed out.
Could see nothing but cloud behind me. A rebuild of the servo by a local
Brit mechanic and everything was fine again.
Keith Pennell
> Guess the brake servo bought it. Had the BJ8 out Thursday evening and it
> was running great. The brakes were a bit soft even after a bleeding.
> Short trip so took it easy and careful. On the way home I go up a steep
> long stretch that would be safe to let it wind up in second and third.
> At the top of the hill it levels off a ways and the traffic light turned
> red, so I stopped. That's when the billows of white smoke engulfed the
> entire rear of the car and couldn't see the car behind me. All the
> gauges looked good, idle was smooth, smoke subsided then quit. It was
> pretty white and didn't smell of antifreeze or engine oil, but it had a
> distinct smell that one doesn't normally relate to either of the usual
> fluid leaks. If after running that hard up the hill and then backing off
> the throttle, I'm assuming the missing fluid I topped up in the brake
> reservoir must have been sucked into the manifold under vacuum. When I
> get some time, I'll investigate further. Fluid isn't going out anywhere
> that I can see, so I'm going to be looking at the servo and doing a
> rebuild. We have a local shop that specializes in such rebuilds, but I
> think I'll try it myself first because that's the way I am. (Cheap,
> handy and dumb enough to venture into the unknown). I've read the past
> posts and have some filed about the pitfalls and specail requirements of
> the boosters and I'm not scared. Any other suggestions appreciated.
>
> Dave
> 67 BJ8
> 60 BT7
> 60 Bugeye
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