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| 1036.1 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs & some nuts | Thu Apr 19 1990 18:53 | 12 |
| A friend of mine had a problem similar to this with his Rover 90.
Sometimes the brakes would apply themselves without any pressure
on the pedal. (It happened once when I was giving him a tow start
and nearly pulled the backend off my MGB).
I'm pretty sure the problem was with the servo. I'll try and
remember to ask.
Ian.
P.S. Nice car!
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| 1036.2 | Sounds familiar.. | SHAPES::STREATFIELDC | VW Beetle.. IOSG::AIR_COOLED | Fri Apr 20 1990 20:16 | 9 |
| I had a similar problem with my Beetle front brakes, It turned out thet
the flexible pipes had corroded inside, and were blocked, I tried
pumping 65 psi of air down them when they were off the car, with
nothing coming out. It appeared that the master cylinder was
sufficiently powerfull enough to push the brake fluid through, but
not back the same way when the pedal was released. Thus the front
brakes would stay 40/50% on after they were put on.
Carl.
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| 1036.3 | Not quite fixed yet | REPAIR::ALLISON | | Tue Apr 24 1990 17:09 | 9 |
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We have found an air leak in the servo unit due to an incorrectly
installed gasket. The servo unit was reconditioned about four months
before I bought the car. However the brakes still lock on, so we
will be taking the servo apart to see if anything else is wrong.
Thanks for your help
Frances
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| 1036.4 | Servo wrong way round | COMICS::TURNER | Neil Turner UK PTG 833-3009 | Tue Apr 24 1990 17:21 | 12 |
| I assume that the servo was taken off the car when it was
reconditioned, have the brakes ever worked correctly since it was
refitted?
I had a similar problem when fitting a servo to a Mini, I ended up
connecting it up the wrong way round, ie I connected the pipe from the
brake master cylinder to the output end of the servo. This gave me the
same sort of problem, (ie press brake pedal..brakes come on...release
brake pedal...brakes stay on!)
Best of luck
Neil
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| 1036.5 | | REPAIR::ALLISON | | Tue Apr 24 1990 20:00 | 12 |
| The previous owner bought a reconditioned servo and connected
it himself, when we brought the car it had failed the MOT on the
brakes. He had connected the servo the wrong way round (checked
the workshop manual) and we have since corrected it, didn't make
any difference though.
We bought this Rover for spares for our first one, but it was in
too good a condition to be sat idle. (Bar a few dents).
Frances
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| 1036.6 | | REPAIR::ALLISON | | Wed Apr 25 1990 12:04 | 8 |
| The master cylinder needed adjusting, which has seemed to have released
the rear brakes, though they stick slightly. However the front
brakes remain locked on. We will try the hoses as suggested.
Thankyou for the suggestions, but if this doesn't work any more
ideas?
Frances
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| 1036.7 | Fixed | REPAIR::ALLISON | | Mon May 14 1990 11:54 | 4 |
| We have found the problem. The piston in the servo was stuck solid,
the brakes seem to be working ok now. Thankyou for all the help.
Frances
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| 1036.8 | Latest Metro = Rover 100 | COMICS::SHELLEY | Always with the -ve waves | Wed Jan 04 1995 18:41 | 12 |
| Not to confuse the old Rover 100 with the latest offering (the restyled
Metro), I wonder if anyone else has noticed that all the cars in the
Rover ads on TV have "UVO" on the licence plates.
I just happen to notice this as it is the building code for the CSC
where I work.
What is the significance of UVO and Rover ?
Check out the latest 'Metro' ad with "111 UVO".
Royston
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| 1036.9 | Re: 111 UVO | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Wed Jan 04 1995 19:20 | 15 |
| 1036.10 | | FORTY2::PALKA | | Wed Jan 04 1995 20:21 | 7 |
| I think it is fairly common to take pictures of a left hand drive car
and reverse them for marketing material used in a right hand drive
country. There are occasionally little things that show this was done.
(exhaust pipe, tie-down bracket, or some other assymetrical feature of
the body work).
Andrew
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| 1036.11 | | SUBURB::FRENCHS | Semper in excernere | Thu Jan 05 1995 11:38 | 4 |
| What about the name of the car. Would a reversed or mirrored name give
the game away?
Simon
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| 1036.12 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Thu Jan 05 1995 12:30 | 9 |
| 1036.13 | | BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL | Martin Bell, Central PSC, Birmingham UK | Thu Jan 05 1995 13:06 | 10 |
| But aren't we one of the few (only?) countries that have front=white,
rear=yellow number plates, so the ads would be no good elsewhere.
mb
p.s.
All this talk about vertically symmetrical letters reminds me of the
old style Toyota MR2 where the TOYOTA logo reflecting in the rear
window (when seen from behind) still reads correctly!
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| 1036.14 | You now see then all over the place in France | VARDAF::CHURCH | Dave Church@VBE (DTN 828-6125) | Thu Jan 05 1995 14:32 | 17 |
| RE: .13
>> But aren't we one of the few (only?) countries that have front=white,
>> rear=yellow number plates, so the ads would be no good elsewhere.
No it's becoming popular over here in France - pretty much all the new
cars are having them fitted. You can still ask for the old french
(silver letters on black) style but it appears that by default you get
the new ones.
I can't remember what I had in Germany - I think it wasn't the
white/yellow type because when buying a new car I was asked what I
wanted and they said that the white/yellow type meant that the police
could see your number easier - I said no way I wanted this style then
:-)
Dave
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| 1036.15 | | FORTY2::PALKA | | Thu Jan 05 1995 15:41 | 9 |
| May be they keep the same photo setup, and just swap the plates to take
a new picture for each different kind of plate. It still reduces the
cost of taking the pictures.
It is not only the yellow/white plate which vary from country to
country. A valid french plate would immediately stand out as wrong in
the UK as the number of letters and digits is different.
Andrew
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