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If the brakes don't work then you'll know they don't work. If
they DO work, you can bet your bottom dollar that one day, sooner or later, they
won't work. Most likely they won't work all of a sudden when you are not
expecting it and you'll end up in a wreck. My brake conversion project has
proved to have worked as perfectly as one could expect. You'd never know
that the brakes in my car have been altered in any way, other than the absence
of ABS.
When the brakes "don't work" that's not to say you have no brakes.
You just have no boost. That means you have manual, non-power
brakes. You can stop just fine but it takes much more effort.
For the handy person the conversion is not that hard to do and is not very
costly. If one goes with all used parts, you can get away with well under
$100 cost.
Please quote this message in your reply. Otherwise I will be unable
to reply to your message. Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:29
PM
Subject: IML: Seeking 1993 Imperial
Advice
This Friday, I will be checking out a 1993 Imperial for sale in another
state with the intention of purchasing it; I believe that I have a good idea
about its condition from the numerous photographs I have seen of it, and the
dealer who owns it has been very prompt in answering all my questions about
it; however, he did mention that the brake light and the ABS light are on,
although he states that the brakes feel fine when he has driven it; since the
ABS is one of several Achilles heels in the 1990s Imperials, would anybody
have a suggestion as to a very quick and very simple way that I and my friends
who will be accompanying me could determine that the brakes do
indeed work properly; because of the distance involved in travel and the
early closure of the dealer for New Year's Eve, we anticipate arriving shortly
before the dealer closes for the day after a very long drive. Thank
you for your assistance.
Dan Leese
Nashville,
TN
1958 Imperial Crown 2 door HT with dual
AC
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