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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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my pedal has gone stiff im not sure if its the servo or the break ecu
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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its an escort cos by the way 92
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Is the ABS light on ?
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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When mine did this it was the brake pedal switch, worth checking!
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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check just under the brake distribution block. There are some pipes T'ed in that connect to a small cylinder near the MAP sensor.

My pipe had come off and I had waht you discribe.

Just make sure the pipe are connected.

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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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m8 check there are no broken wires out at th terminals my brakes went some like that before and it was brken red wire at battery terminal
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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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not electric cables, vaccum pipes.
Find the cylinder near the MAP sensor, there is a small vaccum pipe that comes off that and goes under the brake block, and T's into what looks like a brake pipe, that heads off towards the brake system.
On mine the pipe from the cylinder had come off at the T junction.
No idea excatly what this does, but as soon as I put it back the ABS pump primed and held pressure and stopped. Before putting this pipe back on the ABS pump would not stop.

Hope this helps, was an easy fix for me, when I found it!

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Old Jan 22, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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thanks for all your help everyone i think we have found its the fuse box
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