Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Originally Posted by
whitels1ss
I would be very careful & not drive it until it is sorted.
Why don't you just buy another booster locally & fit it today?
Don't have the time Ed, also well over working on cars in the driveway/shed, would rather pay to have it done. So you saying it is dangerous to drive, whereas UT told me it is only the booster and brakes will still be fine just require more effort if it fails. This makes sense to me as it is just vacuum assistance from the motor isn't it? Different story if the Master cylinder failed I would think leading to total loss of brakes? Correct me if wrong please :)
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Originally Posted by
BLACK 346
Don't have the time Ed, also well over working on cars in the driveway/shed, would rather pay to have it done. So you saying it is dangerous to drive, whereas UT told me it is only the booster and brakes will still be fine just require more effort if it fails. This makes sense to me as it is just vacuum assistance from the motor isn't it? Different story if the Master cylinder failed I would think leading to total loss of brakes? Correct me if wrong please :)
Edit: I am being super careful when driving though :)
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
Hey Rod, I do not know exactly what is wrong with it
but if I was told my car had a faulty brake booster I would be very cautious.
I am actually surprised that a workshop would tell a customer it is okay to drive &
then go on to say that if it fails the brakes would just need "more effort".
(I certainly would not want to find the thing fails when you have to stop in an emergency.)
Hey if it was me I would not want to chance it.
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If the booster totally fails the plunger goes straight through & will operate like non boosted brakes, hence more pedal effort is required.
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Your dead right Ed, my wife told me to park it up until fixed this morning also. So will follow this advice. Not like I don't have other cars to drive :)
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Getting hard to get parts for these cars now. Only option Ultra Tune could find was reconditioned for $275 and two day turnaround. Repco were able to source one for nearly $800 then I found a Protex one on the SCA website for $358, ended up getting the last one in the country and it is being shipped from NSW. Got it for $320 with my Trade Card.
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I have to replace the booster on my Ford.
It has a strange problem which is that the booster is made of plastic & when the outside temperature gets over around 35 degrees
with all the under bonnet temperature of the V8 engine & the age of the car, the booster expands after about 1/2 hour of driving
causing the brakes to get slightly applied causing a shudder through the car & a fair bit of heat from the brakes.
As soon as it cools down the problem goes away & as I said it only ever happens after extended driving on a day over 35 degrees.
Bloody Fords! :doh:
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Got the booster today, and just to set things straight, this is not a brand new booster, it is definitely reconditioned. This surprised me coming from SCA, I did not know that they dealt in second hand parts.
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Bought a replacement electric aerial and had it installed today. Easy plug and play you would think. Not a chance. The aerial goes up and that is where it is stuck. Tried reversing the polarity to the aerial power and it just stays down and won't go up at all. So now off to an Auto electrician, hopefully before someone snaps it off. Not happy that people sell you stuff that is supposed to be the exact part for your particular model and then it just isn't.
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Originally Posted by
Micks
If the booster totally fails the plunger goes straight through & will operate like non boosted brakes, hence more pedal effort is required.
A hell of a lot more, I had the booster blow on a VN SS and you needed to literally stand on the pedal to stop
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GPT
A hell of a lot more, I had the booster blow on a VN SS and you needed to literally stand on the pedal to stop
Yeah, not like the older cars, I threw a belt on my blower on my SS just after I fitted it
& not only did I have massive problems pulling the car up, the steering felt like it was almost locked up.
I can drive my old Corvette without a power steering belt but the SS is another story.
I actually heard the belt come off, saw the alternator light come on & knew exactly what had happened
but was not in the best place to stop so I thought I would turn into a side street about 200m down the road
to sort it out. It gave me a bit of a wake up though. :lol:
I had a bad tensioner on the belt & although it was very hot under the hood around the radiator managed to
refit the belt in around 5 minutes.
(Since fitted better new tensioner & belt, no further problems.) :goodjob:
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Originally Posted by
GPT
A hell of a lot more, I had the booster blow on a VN SS and you needed to literally stand on the pedal to stop
Yes though if you know what your your doing...Carefully engaging the handbrake will pull you up too, have done this a few times without incident over the last 35yrs :D
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Micks
Yes though if you know what your your doing...Carefully engaging the handbrake will pull you up too, have done this a few times without incident over the last 35yrs :D
Yeah, I have been driving over 45 years
but it's not exactly safe if you need to stop in an emergency Mick.
The newer ones are far worse than the old cars were.
I certainly would not tell anyone it was safe to keep driving! :slap::teach::stick: :lol:
Re: Another Holden in the Family :)
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Originally Posted by
whitels1ss
Yeah, I have been driving over 45 years
but it's not exactly safe if you need to stop in an emergency Mick.
The newer ones are far worse than the old cars were.
I certainly would not tell anyone it was safe to keep driving! :slap::teach::stick: :lol:
Sure Ed, if you don't how to handle a vehicle! :rofl:
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Originally Posted by
Micks
Sure Ed, if you don't how to handle a vehicle! :rofl:
I wonder if you would tell your daughter to keep driving in the same situation? :doh:
Do you reckon you are some sort of driving super hero legend or something? :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: :banghead:
A car is not safe to drive if it has faulty brakes, end of story! :teach:
