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Re: Gettin' into it this weekend...

To: David Deutsch <drded@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Gettin' into it this weekend...
From: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:32:57 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, David Deutsch wrote:

> Brakes: If the pedal sinks you got a leak somewhere. Always! This means 
> stop as soon as possible and do not drive until repair is made.
> My Two Cents, David Deutsch    
> 
Depends on what you mean by "leak."  The pedal may sink slowly to the 
floor if fluid is getting past the primary seal of the brake master 
cylinder.  In that case, you are not going to find fluid leaking out 
anywhere.  Your clutch problems also could be failure of your clutch 
master cylinder.

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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