I recommend taking a look at the masted cylinder see if there is a leak, or maybe you're out of brake fluid. -Phil philf@xxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Shirek" <cshirek@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 11:01 AM Subject: [DML] Re: AHHHH NO BRAKES!!! > alrighty now ive got a big problem. My daily driver is in california > getting serviced while i go to school in phoenix. So cause i wouldn't have > a car, i brought back the delorean! Coming out was fine and the last week it > has been fine. Except this morning, on my way to work and as i was pulling > out of my complex, i pushed the brakes to stop for oncoming traffic and > nothing happened. I basically had to stand on the brake pedal to get it to > stop. and that BARELY worked. I put it in reverse and went back a ways and > tried again. still like that. I had my car at don stegers place a while back > and he told me that my pads were okay and i havn't driven the d too much > since then. could it be the pads? i had a moment to check the drivers manual > and it said where to add brake fluid, right in the front of the hood there. > Could it be that its out of brake fulid? > I dont know too much about brakes. The brakes on the car (lately) have > always been weird, meaning that i would have to push the pedal abnormally > far to get the car to stop but today nothing seemed to work. This is my only > car until next week! does anybody have an idea what this could be? help! > > chip > vin 1230 > > until 5:00 today (arizona time) i can be reached at cshirek@xxxx > after 5:00 i will be at rubberneck1@xxxx > > (any kingpin'ers out there? im a local at the CHIP MERCHANT, im there late > at night. past 11:00 usually. sometimes during the day too. -rubberneck) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews/ > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > >