<VV> Driver Error

[Ron]

If you repeatedly have that problem, rig up a brake warning light.  They 
occasionally show up on Ebay.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arjay Morgan" <n3lkz at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:14 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Driver Error


> Confession is good for the soul.
>
> Today was a beautiful, sunshiny, 74 degree winter day in Florida and the 
> agenda item was a trip to a cruise in in Plant City, FL. The '64 Monza 
> convert, top down, hummed like it should but with a bit of a high pitched 
> whine which could have been a fan or idler bearing. During the trip I 
> watched with some alarm as the gas gauge descended at much more than its 
> usual rate. The route is basically 18 miles of straight, two lane, country 
> road, posted @ 60 mph.
>
> Upon arrival at Plant City I noticed the brake pedal went to the floor and 
> had to be pumped to get any stopping done. This is a worrisome thing.
>
> There were 15 Corvairs at the shindig (including a couple from Canada, but 
> then, this is Florida in the winter). By the time I pulled into a parking 
> space the odor of fried brakes was evident. The brake pedal now required 
> two pumps to stop. The left rear wheel and wheel cover were too hot to 
> touch.
>
> The consensus was that I'd driven the car with the emergency brake about 
> two clicks engaged. After things cooled off the brake pedal acted 
> normally, thus confirming the diagnosis that I'd heated things up to the 
> point I'd boiled the brake fluid in the line.
>
> The trip home was uneventful even though the thought always occurs when 
> traveling at 60 + that maybe this time the brakes will just fail. Then 
> what? Didn't happen, but I did tap them a couple times miles from the 
> nearest stoplight.
>
> Next step will be to pull the rear drums and scuff the glaze off the brake 
> shoes and maybe do a brake fluid transfusion, this time with silicone.
>
> The lesson learned is that you not only have to do the hard, harder, 
> hardest brake test when starting out but you need to do the pull trigger, 
> release, really release drill with the emergency brake.
>
> Arjay Morgan
> 64 Monza convert safe at home in beautiful downtown Zephyrhills.
>
>
>
>
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