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Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:32 pm

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.
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:34 pm

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.
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:37 pm

so the ABS has gone?
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:40 pm

yep, dont even bother trying to fix it. Been there, done that.
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:42 pm

so thats another r19 to the scrappy
Crying or Very sad my pride and joy
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:46 pm

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.
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:47 pm

aster cylinder= money = i dont have
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:50 pm

fair enough, scrap the car for the sake of a £5 master cylinder
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:51 pm

so what makes the ABS all of a sudden go wrong
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:55 pm

dunno, its crap, that will do.
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:58 pm

i had noticed one of the pipes has perished, so i secretly hoping that its that that is causing all this
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:10 pm

What about this? :
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huwwatkins
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:29 pm

No
Chet T16
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:44 pm

Yup, those are the brakes that caused the brother to write off his mi16!
Dan
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:53 pm

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
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:32 am

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?
Dan
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:25 am

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?
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:34 am

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.
Dan
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:47 am

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?
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:49 am

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.
Dan
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:53 am

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
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