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Boatboy

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Its scary what you find sometimes.
« on: 24 March 2010, 22:47:15 »
Long story short, noticed I was losing brake fluid. Waited for dry weather to check which corner of the money-skip had a leaky piston.

Couple of very wet weeks passed, very few miles but another top up needed, so with dry undersides I had a look/feel. All good.

Working back up the system, eventually found fluid on the abs pump rear face. The pipe that runs abs to o/s front (which was replaced for the MOT prior to my buying the car) was not clamped securely by the fitting, had been disturbed during some recent work, and now was not sealing.

Tried to nip it up to no avail, (there was no movement on the nut) so undid it to find there was no flare on the end of the pipe. The only thing stopping it firing out the fitting when the brakes were applied was a bit of burr on the end.

Replacement pipe - £4
Fitting - an hours cursing, scratched wrists and backache.
Look on the local motor factors face - Priceless.


At least thats one less fluid working on a constant loss basis.

Steve







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Re: Its scary what you find sometimes.
« Reply #1 on: 24 March 2010, 23:09:50 »
Whoever sold you the car needs educating the hard way by the sound of it. Could have resulted in fatalities. >:(
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Re: Its scary what you find sometimes.
« Reply #2 on: 24 March 2010, 23:43:03 »
break Me! :o

I've seen some incompetence before but that is absolutely criminal. Could well have been fatal if you'd have to lean on the anchors hard.

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« Reply #3 on: 25 March 2010, 03:15:40 »
FFS! That would keep me awake at night, little chat with the one responsible as well, or his boss...
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« Reply #4 on: 25 March 2010, 04:53:04 »
Assume it was a private sale ?................if not call every authority in the phone book, get them locked up. >:( >:( :o
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Re: Its scary what you find sometimes.
« Reply #5 on: 25 March 2010, 07:16:41 »
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Assume it was a private sale ?................if not call every authority in the phone book, get them locked up. >:( >:( :o

Agreed!  A flaring kit costs about £20 and is easy to use!  >:(
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« Reply #6 on: 27 March 2010, 01:08:57 »
bloody hell how thick can people be if  that happend to me ill be making sure somebodys head rolls and i make sure they didnt have a buisness id take them to the cleaners ..  my dad told me when doing any brakes double check  triple check make sure they are right if your not sure get somebody who knows what they are doing
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