[tcb] Re: repair story
- From: atxan <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:44:56 -0600
We all know Murray is a tree huger. Haha.
Jeff
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On Nov 17, 2011, at 9:40 PM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Pshaw! I’ve gone years without brakes!
>
> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> atxan
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:11 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
>
> Right on, I'd prefer some good disk brakes over almost any other upgrade.
> Stopping on a downhill slope can raise the blood pressure.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent via iPhone
>
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have disks on my wish list.
>
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:05 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Knock on wood, I have never had that problem. It just seems that the
> cylinders are prone to leak a lot more than they should. I would think
> cylinders, both wheel and master, should last a lot longer than they do.
>
> --- On Thu, 11/17/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 4:57 PM
>
> It’s the treading where the line goes to the cylinders. I could not get a
> good thread no matter how I tried. Had to take off the cylinder, thread in
> the line and put the cylinder back on the backing plate and I used plumbers
> tape. I don’t know that the tape is a good idea in an automotive use, but it
> did stop the leak.
>
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>
> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> sammie smith
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:00 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
>
>
>
> Well, I don't know what causes so many brake cylinder leaks in the old
> busses. I have changed so many wheel and master cylinders on my busses I
> think I could do it in my sleep. The current leak, lower cylinder on the
> left, is not more than 3 years old. About 3 years ago I rebuilt the entire
> front brakes on that thing with all new cylinders.
>
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> I heard that Steve Chamberlain is an expert on the split bus brake systems.
> Maybe he has some ideas.
>
> --- On Thu, 11/17/11, Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: repair story
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 8:20 AM
>
> I've got the same problem currently Sammie, which is the reason I haven't
> driven it in a while.
>
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:24 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> There's always something wrong with the old busses. I drove the panel van to
> the VW club meeting the other night and the front brakes were pulling hard to
> the right. OK, got a chance to look at it this morning; sure enough wheel
> cylinder leak on the left had given the shoes a good coating of brake fluid.
> Order two new cylinders. Will be here in a couple of days. It's always
> something to keep them happy.
>
> --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] repair story
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 12:23 PM
>
> So, I have gone back to work, painting apartments and condos and houses for a
> rental management company and Murray is my work truck. He loves it and he
> goes to work every day, but he started a miss and a hesitation from a
> standing start and got worse soon. I cleaned my points with a little
> sandpaper and it seemed to run a little better, but still bad. I changed my
> spark plugs, I put in new set of points that was in my tool box. No joy. I
> bought and put in Petronix ignition (because I hated setting the gap on the
> points) and set my timing and still I had a miss. It wasn’t sporadic anymore
> it was a steady power loss.
>
>
>
> OK. Not the coil, no cracked dizzy cap, rotor OK, new ignition, new plugs,
> what the hell, I’ll change the spark plug wires. In doing so I couldn’t get
> one old one to come out. I had disconnected it at the dizzy and at the plug,
> but it wouldn’t pull free.
>
>
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> I had changed my alternator months ago and, apparently, when I put the top
> shroud back on, I pinched the wire between the shroud tin and the head tin.
> What an idiot.
>
>
>
> I lopped off the old one and put in the new wire and… Murray runs like a
> rocket.
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> Isn’t it a great satisfaction when you solve a problem and your bus runs well
> after?
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