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Old 26-10-2006 | 09:10 PM
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The brake pedal on my cossie ? 3 door .

Drive it after starting everything seems ok , thn if i press pedal it goes hard It does stop me put really need to munch down on it

Heard of a few things which it could be , but anyone no for sure ??? abs pump ?

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Old 26-10-2006 | 09:15 PM
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prob worth checking the fuse behind the bottom of the dash mate as mine went and did exactly the same pedal is rock solid i can't remember if it is the passenger side or the drivers side though sorry man.

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edited to say i'm 99% sure it's passenger side
Old 26-10-2006 | 09:35 PM
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Cheers mate , but would this mean its okk at first then suddenly hard for the rest of journey ?

Really am not clued up with the braking side of things

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more info please
mines gone the same
Old 26-10-2006 | 09:41 PM
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yeah mine went whilst giving it some beans one day for some reason it was ok at first then solid after 5-10 mins it took a couple of days before me and a pal chased it back to that fuse changed it and has been perfect since..

worth a check just in case really.


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Old 26-10-2006 | 09:42 PM
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Saying that when it did go solid it was an absolute cunt to try and stop an absofuckinglute cunt!!!!!!!


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so where will i find this fuse cheers

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Old 26-10-2006 | 09:45 PM
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Too right , my right legs out of proportion to my other leg now

And i pulled a hamstring too
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Originally Posted by cozzie_dave1
so where will i find this fuse cheers
Have a shifty where the passengers feet go as i think it was around there somewhere by some relays?? honestly can't bloody remember it was so long ago

HTH

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Originally Posted by rabmc
Too right , my right legs out of proportion to my other leg now

And i pulled a hamstring too

i think it's the panic you have when you go to brake and there is fuck all there that frightened me the most
Old 26-10-2006 | 10:30 PM
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This happened to me a day after gettin my Sapph back from a full re spray

The roundabout slowed me down though

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whoops!
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ABS valve block on the inner wing known to cause this problem, hard pedal doesnt always bite at the same point either
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pump assembly fucked
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