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Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

Right, my ABS was working at the weekend, went out today, started it to check my exhaust, and noticed the ABS light stayed on, so i pushed the pedal and it was hard, but went to the floor. so i checked the fluid, i topped it up, light still on, tested them on the drive, it stops, but locks up.
no wires going to the pads.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

bendix ABS = Crying or Very sad

while you had the engine out you should have ripped out all the ABS shite and ditched it in the bin where it belongs.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

so the ABS has gone?

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

yep, dont even bother trying to fix it. Been there, done that.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

so thats another r19 to the scrappy
Crying or Very sad

my pride and joy

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

ok, im being a bit harsh, you might be able to fix it... but in the long run it would be better to just get rid of it.

Why to the scrappy? Get a normal master cylinder and get rid of the ABS.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

aster cylinder= money = i dont have

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

fair enough, scrap the car for the sake of a Â£5 master cylinder

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

so what makes the ABS all of a sudden go wrong

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

dunno, its crap, that will do.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

i had noticed one of the pipes has perished, so i secretly hoping that its that that is causing all this

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

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Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Yup, those are the brakes that caused the brother to write off his mi16!

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

so if i just ripped out al of my ABS, i wil be left with nothing no? it stops the car at the moment, just locks the wheels

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

so you can afford 150 quid to get ABS but can;tr afford less than half that for a normal master cyl to have superior brakes?

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

well i was looking at that being the easy option, how easy isit to get rid of the ABS, and stick in a normal system? is it feasable to stick a ph2 ABS system in? what will i have to get rid of and put in with a normal system?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

do what you want.

We already told you what to do.

And don't text me again about it, I was sleeping so never saw it but I said emergencies and your ABS system doesn't concern me really.

If the cars cut out on the outside lane of the M1 then you can phone as thats an emergency.

ABS system is bollox and even a monkey could outbrake an ABS 19 with a anormal one.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

ok, sorry Chris.
so is it possible for a ph2 ABS ECU and pump etc to be put in? when you say rip it all out, what needs to stay? obviously calipers etc etc, but as far as the ABS system?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

swapping to a ph2 ABS setup means re-wiring and so on.

to dump the ABS, get the non ABS pedal box, servo amnd master cyl, shame you don;t live here cos I have them.

Then just extend the pipes a bit and job done.

Site Subscriber Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 3547

if you were to post them, im happy to pay postage, isit going to mean engine out again? i hope not, i checked the fluid again today, its dropped a about half the master cyl, but i cant see any leaks its been raining. im suspecting a caliper flexi hose, so i'll renew those, this wouldnt be causing the problems?
It didnt seem as if it had dropped from before, but it definatly has over night, so im not being a right tit in the fact i havent checked the fluid