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gejones
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I own an '88 35th anniversary, stick shift. This has been a great car for about 8 years but now I have had a problem that I just can't understand and I hope that someone may be able to give me some ideas on what to try to repair it.
Symptoms:
1.) The car is a stick. I has the 4 + 3 Transmission. The first thing that I noticed is that instead of rolling gently to a stop at a light after using the brakes and pressing in the clutch, I could feel the car gently jerk to a stop (like it would do if you had the parking brakes on just a little, or you were applying the brakes a little too hard and too long on a regular stop). It is very subtle, but it definitely feels like the brakes are "on" a little all the time. I first thought that I must have bad shoes, but the shoes are fine. Then I thought that the parking brake must not be disengaging fully so I tore out the parking brake mechanism and loosened the parking brake cable so that it was not tight at all.... this did not change the problem. I had let the car sit a while and I began to think that the rotors might just be getting a little rusty or rough and that was causing the car to feel like the brakes are on... so I have driven it more, and sometimes it feels fine, but then other times it still feels like it is "jerking to a stop".
Symptom 2. The brakes feel fine ("stopping feel") about 97% of the time. Every once in a while, the brakes feel "mushy". Often the first time I use them coming out of the garage, they feel fine... but the second time I use them 30 seconds to a minute later, they feel "mushy". After that, they feel fine again for the rest of the drive or trip. I have no way of knowing whether this is related to symptom #1 above, but I would bet that it is. Both problems developed about the same time.
3.) Symptom 3. I have no idea if this is at all related to my basic problem, but the console between the two seats tends to get much hotter than it seems like there is any reason for it to get. I believe that I have heard others complain about the temperature on either side of the console (the lateral sides closest to the seats) but I am beginning to wonder if my brake problem may also be related to my transmission somehow. Its probably not related but I wanted to mention it.
Does anyone have some suggestions on what I might try to get this problem resolved?
I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks in advance
Gary 1988 35th Anniversary
1982 Collector Car
Symptoms:
1.) The car is a stick. I has the 4 + 3 Transmission. The first thing that I noticed is that instead of rolling gently to a stop at a light after using the brakes and pressing in the clutch, I could feel the car gently jerk to a stop (like it would do if you had the parking brakes on just a little, or you were applying the brakes a little too hard and too long on a regular stop). It is very subtle, but it definitely feels like the brakes are "on" a little all the time. I first thought that I must have bad shoes, but the shoes are fine. Then I thought that the parking brake must not be disengaging fully so I tore out the parking brake mechanism and loosened the parking brake cable so that it was not tight at all.... this did not change the problem. I had let the car sit a while and I began to think that the rotors might just be getting a little rusty or rough and that was causing the car to feel like the brakes are on... so I have driven it more, and sometimes it feels fine, but then other times it still feels like it is "jerking to a stop".
Symptom 2. The brakes feel fine ("stopping feel") about 97% of the time. Every once in a while, the brakes feel "mushy". Often the first time I use them coming out of the garage, they feel fine... but the second time I use them 30 seconds to a minute later, they feel "mushy". After that, they feel fine again for the rest of the drive or trip. I have no way of knowing whether this is related to symptom #1 above, but I would bet that it is. Both problems developed about the same time.
3.) Symptom 3. I have no idea if this is at all related to my basic problem, but the console between the two seats tends to get much hotter than it seems like there is any reason for it to get. I believe that I have heard others complain about the temperature on either side of the console (the lateral sides closest to the seats) but I am beginning to wonder if my brake problem may also be related to my transmission somehow. Its probably not related but I wanted to mention it.
Does anyone have some suggestions on what I might try to get this problem resolved?
I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks in advance
Gary 1988 35th Anniversary
1982 Collector Car