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  1. possum

    possum Formula Junior

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    #1 possum, May 8, 2010
    Took the Dino for a run today,everything was fine and was heading home when my brake pedal went to the floor.Pulled over and checked the brake resevoir all was okay,unscrewed the cap and then tightend jumped in the car and the peddle was ok any ideas.Also noticed when in neautral there is a noise from the clutch dissapears when you engage the clutch also any ideas.
     
  2. possum

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    #2 possum, May 8, 2010
    Started the car up in the garage this mornig no noise and the brake peddle fine not game to take her out till I get some imput into my problem.
     
  3. dignini

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    #3 dignini, May 11, 2010
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    Hey Possum
    Don't think the clutch throw out bearing will cease making the noise overnight, unless it's quiet when cold and noisy when hot. Is that the way it works?

    Some noise is there ,always, pretty much. Its a question of when is it too much. Is the rest of the clutch action OK? How much time how many miles on that clutch?

    Brakes: I can't see a good night's sleep changing their behaviour.

    the tried and tested way is to see if pumping the brakes improves performance, if successive pumps results in increased braking force, the indication would be that the brakes need bleeding...at least.
    second part of the test , with the car stationary, apply pressure to the brake pedal (as in I really need to stop now)! Do not release, keep the pressure on. If the pedal continues to the floor, it indicates a leaking master cylinder. If the pedal does not move, then that's good!

    Hope that helps
     
  4. possum

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    #4 possum, May 13, 2010
    Thanks for that,will check it all out this weekend.
     
  5. tx246

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    #5 tx246, May 13, 2010
    Very similar to the problems I had as my master cylinder started to fail. It didn't fail during one drive, but deteriorated over a couple of drives until it was clearly an issues with the brakes...
     
  6. possum

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    #6 possum, Oct 8, 2010
    I finally decided to try and correct my brake issue,first step I thought would be to bleed the brakes,started as suggested 8mm spanner,tubing, container etc.8mm to big on the rear 6mm to small must be a 7mm.I decide to check the other rear disc in case it was a different size seems also to be a 7mm,(8mm seems ok for the front)I then noticed weeping around the shaft that activates the the rear brake it has the return spring on it,even though there is not much fluid there could this be my problem?
     

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