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I've got three cars and none of them work....
....well, that's a bit of an exaggeration but:
- my '79's in the shop getting the heating system fixed - the '87 has a dead battery and a shot steering gear box - my '85 brakes just started acting up. When it rains it pours I guess. I'll take the wheels off of my '85 tonight to see what's going on but maybe someone can tell me what this might be: suddenly the brakes turned rock hard...it really take a great deal of pressure to stop the car. Does this sound familiar? I can't recall it ever happening on any car that's I've had. I'm estimating the pads to be down to about 20% but I've got to take the wheels off to be sure. Thanks -Harv |
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Is this when the car is just started or after driving for a while? Is the pedal really rock hard or is the pedal soft and goes to the floor easily?
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Check the vacuum pump on the '85.
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and the brake booster if vacuum is good.
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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do. |
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I know what you mean, my 98 is getting GP's replaced (what a nightmare) the 87 wouldn't start because of the cold and two dead GP's, the 85 has bad glow plugs and bad steering box and the Prius I left on last night after changing a headlight bulb. 4, and non of them driveable... Oh well , thanks to AAA I got the Prius and the 87 going, so off to work I go....
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Muleears '07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD '04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K '10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter '02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again '97 E300 Diesel Son's DD '61 VERY tolerant wife Hampton Roads, VA USA Gone but not forgotten: '67 250S 95K '86 300SDL '87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P. '98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K '02 S420, 164K '01 Prius 138K |
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just buy (another) backup car
Here's one that I bought that starts now: Latest Purchase ---- 1980 Gold 300D
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daw_two Germantown, TN Links: Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior Cluster Needles Paint New Old Stock (NOS) parts Past: 3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda" 04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben" & many more |
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*3 on the break booster as well as the vacuum leading up to it.
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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone. |
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Yeah, it looks like it is vacuum related as I just realized the door locks stopped working properly and the car is shifting kind of funny. -harv
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Could be as simple as a broken main vacuum line feeding the brake booster. Could be as painful as a bad vacuum pump or bad brake booster.
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1977 300d 70k--sold 08 1985 300TD 185k+ 1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03 1985 409d 65k--sold 06 1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car 1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11 1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper 1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4 1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13 |
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In the end, this was a shot vacuum pump.....all fixed now and the car has returned to behaving normal. thx -harv
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