Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:04:42 +0100 From: "Grunff" <runffnopsamo.co.uk> Subject: Re: Soft brake on 1985 manual Saab 900
"Yaofeng Chen" <yaofengchennopsam.com> wrote in message news:49bc98e5.0107111027.3a7030aenopsaming.google.com... > John Hepworth <hepworksnopsaml.net> wrote in message news:<3B4C6323.9C30C83Bnopsaml.net>... > > I have a 1985 5 speed manual (non turbo) Saab 900. > My '89 900S has been doing something similar for the past three years. > During summer in stop and go city traffic, the brake pedal would > sometimes sink. If I pump it, the resistance and brake is there. It > is otherwise normal in highway and none stop-and-go driving. My own > diagnostic is the master cylinder is slowly going, but is it? I'm pretty sure the symptoms are indicative of master failure. I went through the same thing a couple of months back. I realise that you can get away with driving like this for a long time, but 3 years? That's pretty brave.
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