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No big thing, brakes just went out while in motion>>; cost estimate
Topic Started: Jun 11 2010, 08:59 PM (985 Views)
Geodude
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Okay I get a call from my wife today. She tells me the brakes go out while driving her lil' bro around (last day of school). Somehow it ends up at a tuffy and the mechanic claims the brake lines are leaking. Leaking everywhere! Rusted out. Needs to be fixed by being replaced. Getting an estimate around 5. What you guys think? Hmmz.
Edited by Geodude, Jun 11 2010, 09:04 PM.
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Geodude
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la la la
Edited by Geodude, Jun 11 2010, 09:05 PM.
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Coche Blanco
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na na na na...hey hey hey...good bye
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5....as in $500.00 U.S. currency? To replace a brake line???? I'd say stop at your local (fill in the blank here) autoparts store and get some brake line for $5.00 and a bender for $10.00 and replace the line (if it is the actual problem) then bleed your brakes and call it a day. If you've never replaced brake lines, figure on 1-3 hours. If you need extra parts, make sure you have a spare car before you start and add 1 hour.
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Geodude
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This may sound silly but ya never know... Is there a special brake fluid for geo verts lol
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This does not make sense. I want pictures, you should verify the leaks.
We have had tales of the vacuum booster line collapsing and of course a leak is totally possible but I want proof and a more complete definition of "somehow."

Don't ask or suggest to the mechanic, but look at the car and see the master cylinder reservoir is empty.
If fluid was just put on the lines then the master cylinder reservoir would be full, not empty. It should be empty. IMO and if it is then OK, I'll buy the story.
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That happened to me. Luckily, I was going up an incline coming to a stop anyway. Cost me about $200. to have all of them replaced. They were all disintegrated. :shake Had to have my fuel line replaced too. It just fell apart at about that same time. :-/
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I don't know what a master cylinder reservoir is.

When I checked the brake fluid it was empty. Filled it up and pumped the brakes which resulted in the fluid I would say leaking out heavily. Under closer inspection fluid was leaking from two spots. One in the engine compartment leading back driver side and the second was under the driver's pedals. Tuffy said there was a small spot in the back leaking also.

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Edited by Geodude, Jun 11 2010, 09:30 PM.
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As for it somehow getting to tuffy, my wife drove it with family barricading around. It was kind of an event but me not being there I didn't have much to add for details.
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crankcase


It Does sound like the master cylinder.

Be careful with the brake fluid, it will destroy paint in about 30 seconds.
Wash it off with water (along with soap is better).


Edited by crankcase, Jun 11 2010, 10:57 PM.
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Awesome thanks for the warning crank. /bow
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The master cylinder and brake booster are the things under the brake reservoir, the metal piece and the big black frisbee looking thing in the firewall, they're not particularly hard to replace and def not for $500 A bad master cyl would cause brake fluid to leak in both places and probably not a brake line
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a leaking brake vacuum booster will never leak brake fluid
there is no pathway for brake fluid to get into a brake vacuum booster
there is never any brake fluid present in the brake vacuum booster

unless
it drips out of the rear seal of the LEAKING brake master cylinder
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if you need to replace the brake lines or any brake line

DO NOT USE STEEL LINES

THERE is bulk brake tubing available at NAPA and other places made from copper and nickle ,
it's cheap
and
it is so easy to work with it is almost fun to replace old brake lines
and
UNlike the new steel brake lines

it will never rust out in the future
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you will need to flare in replacement nuts for the connection s , you can use the old nuts after you remove them from the old rusted line
which can be a bit of a challenge for complete rookies such as your self ,
but
none of us were born knowing how to roller skate and most of us can roller skate now ....

at least most of us ...
if you can not roller skate ... maybe have the shop that does the repair use the nickle copper brake line.
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use only DOT4 brake fluid
why ?
because it is better than DOT3 and it is backward compatible , cost is about the same
DO NOT USE DOT5 in anything , it is not compatible with anything .
Edited by mwebb, Jun 11 2010, 11:57 PM.
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