Re: broken ABS

[Ralph Moorhouse <ralphmo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes Andy, it sure was an interesting "moment".  Four people put me on to the
culprit, Neil Cotie, a digester in Scandanavia, Dennis Black (your neck of the
woods), Stewart Sandeman & a local AROC member - thanks one & all.  The
'puckering' sure subsided when I realized I wasn't going to need to start
replacing $$$$$'s items.

The Digest AND AROC tech help sure are a welcome resource!!!

r



At 01:46 PM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Ralph's experience parallels my own recent one.  I can assure you that when
>you step on the brake pedal hard enought to lift you out of the seat and there
>is NO SLOWING, your eyes will open wide, and another part of your anatomy will
>pucker tight big time!
>My fuse was in fact broken as well, not melted.  My fuse also fooled me
>because when checking continuity through the cable jacket, I had continuity -
>but in retrospect, it was intermittent because I had no power on the inut side
>of the pump relay.  As Ralph stated, no one had the appropriate piece.  The
>counter guy at Auto Zone said he recognized it as the same as on his Diesel
>Rabbit.  I did finally find the part at a local Alfa repair shop (Accel
>Automotive in Waltham - good guys).  The mechanic there agreed they are very
>hard to come by, but that Mercedes also used the identical part.  He keeps a
>spare in his wallet just in case of emergency!!  It also looks like there is
>an identical piece in the fuse block (must confess that I didn't check it
>closely for it's rating).  I have to get to the local VW dealer to see if I
>can pick up a few - I was out of action for far too long just looking for the
>part!!.
>
>Andy (Eastern MA)

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