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Hello Wayne - 

->> I took my Lincoln to a local mechanic and told him "This is
->> a heavy car and it HAS to stop when I hit the brakes". My
->> brakes had gone out (to the floor) and I wanted that to NOT
->> happen again. I did not set a price nor ask for 'cheap'. I
->> got the car back and two weeks later driving home the same
->> thing happened _again_. 

WC> This is exactly why I did ALL my own brake work even on
WC> cars. I'll bleed them, replace brake lines, rebuild master
WC> cylinders, remove and replace the pistons, seals and brake
WC> pads all by my lonesome rather than to trust a mechanic. 

I have done my own brake jobs all of my life because I didn't
want my last words on this earth to be "Oh sh*t, no brakes!".
I've had some physical 'difficulties' not long ago that make
working on the car difficult/painful and it was winter and I
was moving in just a few weeks 140 miles west of here. I needed
help. 

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->> instructed him to replace the cylinders, bill me for the
->> parts, but no additional labor which he did. So far the
->> brakes have been working but now I'm 'gun-shy' with very
->> little confidence the brakes will continue to work. 

WC> This is why I did all my own work. Even a few lousy stinkin
WC> bubbles in a brake line can cause your brakes to _go away_
WC> unexpectantly. Gases being compressable keep the hydraulics
WC> from working and bringing the car ( or motorcycle) to a
WC> halt. 

WC> The only bad thing that ever happened to me ( minor) from a
WC> home brake repair was I lost the spring from the pliars I
WC> was trying to replace it onto the rear brake shoes on a car
WC> where they retract the brake shoe when the brakes are
WC> released. Shot that spring right into a finger. My single
WC> and worst home vehicle repair incident :-) 

I've had brake springs fly off in many directions with a great
deal of force. It would be a mistake to not wear safety glasses
or goggles while doing a brake job IMO. 

WC> Hey when it's your own ride and it's you and your own's
WC> butt on the line you take care to get it right! 

I always did 'take care to do it right' and never have had my
brakes fail before on any automobile I have owned. This was a
new experience (twice) for me. 

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>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
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