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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
i didnt really notice this untill i drove a diffrent car, but once i got back into my own car i noticed that unlike the last car i drove i needed a fair bit of effort to pull it up but its not in the relm of buggerd vacum hose hard, i can still get the brakes to lock up so i can still stop reletivly quickly.
on my last service the mechanic said that the brake fluid needed changing (amongst other things), i thought "yea whatever go bleed someone else dry" but now i wonder....can crappy brake fluid give you a hard brake pedal?
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| mista_lroy |
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generally if you suffer from a hard pedal it indicates the booster is faulty,nothing unusual on an ef-el if thats the model your speaking off,and no dirty fluid does not normally result in hard pedal.
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| nannas_ed |
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as above s**t old brake fluid will give you a soft spongy pedal
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| jrfttf |
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booster = rooted!
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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
damn, more money to spend that i dont have, well i'll leave it for now since i can still stop the car, but how much would a second hand brake booster cost for an EL Falcon?
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| Krytox |
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what was the other car?
When I jump out of my car, and into my sisters EF GLi, no abs, I can feel a massive difference. ABS cars have further for fluid to travel and vanes to go through, Non abs is almost direct. I prefer the feel of my car and I know they perform better overall, However without being cautious, I almost go through the windscreen in hers.
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Age: 44 Posts: 1475 Joined: 5th Nov 2004 Ride: 98 EL Falcon - Last of the EL's Location: Muswellbrook |
Krytox wrote: what was the other car?
When I jump out of my car, and into my sisters EF GLi, no abs, I can feel a massive difference. ABS cars have further for fluid to travel and vanes to go through, Non abs is almost direct. I prefer the feel of my car and I know they perform better overall, However without being cautious, I almost go through the windscreen in hers. the other car was a brand spanking new camery, it had no effort in the brakes, very touchy.
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| Krytox |
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ahh there you go!
Falcon's built to take a 6'4" bloke! with a strong leg. Camry's for the ladies! 4foot nothin with no weight! Bleed the brakes! it'll cost you about $40 for very good fluid and take an hour out of your time. From there work on the booster is required.
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| Punnisher_42 |
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not worth bleeding brakes if your going to replace the booster...
rebuilt booster isn't gonna set you back too much.
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