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Re: Brakes

To: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>, "'Spit list'"
Subject: Re: Brakes
From: Eric Kieboom <ekieboom@xs4all.nl>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:36:09 +0100
At 07:44 19-3-2001 -0600, Craig Smith wrote:

>My brakes failed on me this weekend.
>No warning , pedal went to the floor.
>
>... the master was rebuilt a year
>ago and the fluid was replaced with silicone.
>
>What would cause this ?
>From excellent to nothing ! ?

I'm guessing one of the seals on the master cylinder plunger suddenly
failed. Open it up to be sure.

Cheers,

-- 
Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html

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