Hi again, everybody. Just checking in with the latest crisis-of-the-day...
I totally rebuild the suspension and brakes on the convertible. The brakes work well, except every once in a while, they barely work at all! About once per week, the pedal will just sink to the floor (along with my heart!) and the car will barely slow down at all.
It just happened a few minutes ago, on the expressway. I babied the car home at about 15MPH and put it in the driveway. Came in to get a 3/8ths wrench in case I needed to work on the brakelines. When I got back outside to the car, the brakes are working fine again!
I can't keep this up; it's dangerous. Any suggestions as to what's happening?
Two leads:
One: junkyard prop valve might be flaky.
Two: I did have to run a new pass. rear brakeline under the fuel tank. It comes a little close to the exhaust, but it doesn't seem too close. I don't think it's any closer than the passenger front line comes to the turbocharger.
Any way to tell if maybe the brake fluid is boiling from being too close to the exhaust or turbo?
Eeeep!