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Brake Problem - MC or booster? 200 1984

posted by  chris on  Sat Apr 5 08:33 CST 2003
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In the last few days, my 1984 245 has lost a lot of brake power. There's excessive pedal travel, the brakes are soft, and the Brake Failure light comes on.

The only other times this has happened, it's been from a fluid leak somewhere. NO LEAKS at this time, however.

I'm suspecting the MC, or possibly the booster.

Any ideas? I don't want to replace the MC or booster unless I have to, obviously.

Rear pads are quite new, by the way.

The car has 224,000 on it, and this may be the original MC/Booster. I assume I'm past the normal life span for a MC?






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