Re: Help...hard brakes

[johnholt@cybernet.on.ca (John Holt)]

>Hairy green toads from Mars made John Holt say:
>
>> Initially, when I depress the brake pedal of my 90Q, the pedal remains at
>> the top of its stroke, it is very hard to depress and there is minimal
>> braking action. Then the pedal falls to its normal point and braking
>> begins, usually with a little ABS grunting thrown in. A couple of weeks
>> ago, this would happen only on the first attempt to brake after starting
>> the engine and then it would disappear for the remainder of the trip. Now
>> it has progressed to the point of happening almost every time I brake. To
>> put this in perspective, the elapsed time between the hard pedal and it
>> falling to proper braking action is about the time that it would take to
>> plow into the car in front of me at a stoplight ....i.e. too long.
>
>ABS sensor busted/misaligned.
>
>BTDT yesterday....
>

Great diagnosis, Andrew....

Press ABS dash button OFF.... problem disappears

Press ABS dash button ON .... problem reappears

Now I can safely drive the 90Q .... the one with the working air
conditioner after I determine which sensor is out of synch.


Thank you

John Holt

2 of those 1988 90Qs