brake issue

[silicon212]

Should put a heavy gauge piece of sheet stainless steel over the tank, that'll stop most drill bits. It will definitely stop anyone with a hammer and chisel.

[mike561]

tap-con drill bits are probably the only ones that could still get through, but you'd have to be out there forever, lol were gettin into carpentry talk in a car forum

[evildragon]

hey, anything to protect the investment.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by mike561

This is starting to annoy me, when i come up to a red light, i go to press the brake down so the car stops of course, but after like five seconds i can feel the brake pedal push down much further all the way to the floor. the car stops fine and the pedal doesnt go all the way to the floor at first til i have it pressed for a bit. i checked the brake fluid and its full....

master cylinders do wear out and fail as yours appears to have done....If your smart you will bleed entire system with new clean fluid....then replace the master....if not you risk damaging your new master if the brake fluid is contaminated...

[mike561]

yeah my co worker said to try and bleed it first, so i may do that and see if that fixes it, if not then ill def replace the m.s.

[PeteA216]

Originally Posted by evildragon

hey, anything to protect the investment.

Investment... ha. We're all literally burning our money. But agreed, investment or not it's still a good amount of money sitting in our gas tanks. Money that I'd rather "burn" than let someone else take.

[bhw33191]

jeez that really sucks about the gas thing. i thought that for a long time cars have had (anti-syphoning) gas fillers to keep people from stealing gas. but i guess it must be a more modern thing cause i know my durango has that option installed.

[Blue Bowtie]

Since at least 1999, most domestic vehicles have a flame arrestor in the filler line which can make it very difficult to get a siphon hose into the tank.

[mike561]

today we had a 1977 plymouth Volaré four door come into my work, this thing was COVERED in rust, and had duct tape all over it, but it did have a locking gas door lol