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    Brake failure

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    Ireland Male Posts : 22953
    Join date : 2011-08-30
    Age : 54
    Location : Ireland

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    Post by 3rdforum Mon 6 Jun 2016 - 18:30

    I was parked on a slope at the top of this hill here so I reefed the handbrake as high as I could. Got out, took a few photos and got back in to drive down the hill. Noticed that the brakes were still locked on . Pulled into a lay by and closed and released the handbrake a few times. Brakes released so I head down the hill. Came to the first bend you can see in the photo, pressed the brake pedal and the feckin' thing was rock solid. Dropped it into 2nd, barely made it round the bend and then took off down a two mile stretch . Was blessed nothing was coming up the hill. Burnt out the clutch. Get to the bottom and hit a pothole. Tried the brakes again and the feckin' things worked again. My trousers were like this


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    Scotland Male Posts : 59106
    Join date : 2011-08-13
    Age : 69
    Location : Scotland

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    Post by Campbell Brodie Mon 6 Jun 2016 - 18:42

    Oooh! Scary stuff! Brake failure 2419626307
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    England Male Posts : 30546
    Join date : 2011-08-13
    Age : 70
    Location : England

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    Post by Mcqueen Mon 6 Jun 2016 - 19:15

    Transport Brake failure 2419626307 Brake failure 3057379431
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    Ireland Male Posts : 22953
    Join date : 2011-08-30
    Age : 54
    Location : Ireland

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    Post by 3rdforum Mon 6 Jun 2016 - 19:23

    Getting rid of that feckin' van for definite. Eileen doesn't want me driving it at all. Was lucky that I had dropped her and kids off at a chocolate factory a couple of miles away while I went to take a few photos. I might just bring in a van from the UK and get it converted over here.
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    England Male Posts : 21262
    Join date : 2011-08-13
    Age : 65
    Location : England

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    Post by Topdog Mon 6 Jun 2016 - 21:15

    normal out here
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    Liechtenstein Male Posts : 14451
    Join date : 2011-08-15
    Age : 70
    Location : Cambs / Golf del Sur

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    Post by Perfectspecimen Tue 7 Jun 2016 - 10:47

    Boiled brake fluid I suggest. Automatic brake adjusters on rear have overtightened. New brake shoes will correct it so it doesnt happen again D.

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