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At 9:33 PM -0700 8/9/00, Brad Pace wrote:
>Robert, Are you sure that it was brake fluid? What DOT rating?
>
> Brad
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
>To: "spridget list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:52 PM
>Subject: Re: 1ST DRIVE IN 4 YEARS!!!!!!!
>
>
>I had a similar, but less drastic, experience. My car had passed a
>safety
>inspection. An elderly lady in a big car pulled out of a church
>parking
>lot, without stopping first, onto the street where I was heading and
>stopped
>crossways in front of me. The brakes did work. The front end just
>about
>scraped the ground. ( I was expecting to see sparks. ) I stopped
>short of
>her car door. Later I found brake fluid on my shoe and the floor mat.
>
>Robert D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>To: kate & gary <kgb@clipper.net>
>Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: August 9, 2000 4:06 PM
>Subject: Re: 1ST DRIVE IN 4 YEARS!!!!!!!
>
>
>>My guess, and I realize that this is an unsolicited opinion, is that
>>they are not OK. The various rubber components in the master and
>>slave cylinders will dry out without use (even if the system is
>>topped up, which yours was not). Also, there is probably quite a bit
>>of moisture in the system. It simply collects over time right out of
>>the air. Really. The brakes may feel OK now, but the first time you
>>_really_ need to stop, you really tromp on 'em, a crumbling gasket
>>will blow and we'll find out how good you are at emergency steering.
>>Not to be a jerk, but this does happen; it happened to me. I was
>>LBC-young and foolish. We don't want it to happen to you, Kate. As
>>John Muir used to say, in all human endeavors, but especially
>>relationships and cars, it is much easier to go, but much harder yet
>>more important to stop.
>>
>>At 8:54 AM -0700 8/9/00, kate & gary wrote:
>>>Actually, the brakes only have about 5000 miles on them - maybe even
>a
>little
>>>less. The car has been sitting for 10 years, in increments of 2 - 4
>years
>at
>>>a time. I added fluid to the nearly empty reservoir and pumped the
>pedal a
>>>bit, and started getting pressure, so I think they will be ok.
>>>Kate
>>>
>>>Larry Macy wrote:
>>>
>>> > HOORAY!!! And Congrats on getting her running,
>>> >
>>> > Now get the brakes FIXED!!!
>>> >
>>> > Larry
>>> >
>>> > At this exact moment in time 8/8/00 23:21, kgb@clipper.net made
>the
>>> > profound statement:
>>> >
>>> > >Finally got Madge running well enough to run her down the road
>and
>back.
>>> > >I had almost forgotten what it feels like to drive her. Still
>need to
>>> > >buy a battery and pump up the brakes a bit more, but she RUNS!!!
>It
>was
>>> > >a little disconcerting when I went to turn around in the tavern
>parking
>>> > >lot and found out that the only brakes I had was the gearbox,
>but what
>>> > >the heck - MGs were made to go, not stop.
>>> > >Kate
>>> >
>>> > Larry Macy
>>> > 78 Midget
>>> >
>>> > Keep your top down and your chin up
>>> >
>>> > Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>>> > macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>>> > System Administrator/Manager
>>> > Neuropsychiatry Section
>>> > Department of Psychiatry
>>> > University of Pennsylvania
>>> > 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
>>> > Philadelphia, PA 19104
>>> >
>>> > Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
>>> > question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
>>
>>
>>_____________________________________________________________
>>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>>Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
>>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
>>mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
>>
>>
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