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PackardV8 wrote:
Would those of u with recently failed BTV's give us some history about the btv in your particular cars as well as some details.
How many miles and years before failure occured.
Was the failure sudden with no previous warning signs such as noise or hard pedal etc.
Some similar detailed history.
My BTV was on the verge of failure in 2011. I was checking the
brake fluid level in the reservoir. The reservoir was nearly empty, I could only see some rustcoloured lumps.
When I took the BTV apart, I discovered approx. 2 dl rusted slush at the bottom of the vacuum booster, rust pitted piston and reservoir cover gasket covering the relief port.
I also found rusted brake tubing, and rusted and some leaking
wheel cylinders.
The reasons for this BTV's soon to come failure were, after my opinion, total neglect by the former owner(s) and the wrong cover gasket.
I bought the car, a Clipper De Luxe 1956, in August 2010, and untill I checked the brakes, the car was nearly not driven, as it was parked in a work shop.
Tom
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