fiestasimon

hello,

does anyone know how i can disable the abs on a fiesta rst?

SafeChav

Remove it?

cocaina_xr2i

takem out the pull the light in the dash

fiestasimon

anyone know how to pull it out? where abouts from,

can i not just take a fuse out or disconnect something?

SafeChav

Wouldn't recommend it, if u don't want it anymore then i would remove it completely.

Do you know if its the mechanical ABS ERST's have?

HORNETS7

u need to remove it completely to dissable it u can just pull something off

all the modulators pipes etc... all hav to be removed then u have to repipe form the mastercylinder back to the original brake lines!

fiestasimon

so its long then,

thing is even when i brake softly, the abs kicks in, and tbh it feels like crap the abs in the rst.

SafeChav

Its not that bigger job, probably the worst bit being that you have to get a couple of new pipes and fabricate them to fit the car, it will be worth it, everyone knows how amazingly shit mechanical ABS is.

If its cutting in when braking softly thats not good! Get it off you know it makes sense

fiestasimon

does anyone actually know if there is a tutorial somewhere for doing it? I want to do it, but am not sure about the piping etc

SafeChav

I dont know about a tutorial, but basically, the brake systems run diagonally split, theres 2 sections on a master cylinder, front and back, each section runs 1 front, and the opposite side read brake, (so say front left, and rear right on the 1 section of the master cylinder), and the rear lines have rear compsenators inline, which will already be present on your car and connected.

fiestasimon

so do i take out the pipes from the master cylinder? and get new ones put in?

SafeChav

The pipes from the master cylinder will run to the ABS modulators, they want connectiong directly to the brake lines.

Have you got a haynes manual?

fiestasimon

so where the pipes run to the abs modulators, i just have to take the modulators out and have the pipes run straight through.

could i possibly get a connector in there and join the existing pipes?

SafeChav

Basically yeah, i'd get yourself a haynes manual, then you can see how the pipes run, it will make a lot more sense then.

Go to any good motor factors and they will make you copper brake pipes with whatever ends on them you require, easily bent to shape, and will just screw up to your existing pipes.

Or, you could go to your local scrappy and remove some pipes off a non ABS car, (me personally i don't like the look of home made pipes, but im just fussy)

fiestasimon

cool cheers mate