Re: Spider heater and brake fluid loss

[Hal Taylor <taylor@domain.elided>]

Chris:

Is your heater fan working?  I know that if I have the heater on, but the fan
off, forced air (from road speed) will push the heat in without the fan.  35
mph sounds like a reasonable threshold for this.

As for the brake fluid, I don't know too much about this, but I do remember
the thread you're referring to, and also a comment that brake fluid in the
booster will eat away at your booster seals and cause failure.  If you
suspect this may be happening, I would look into sooner, rather than later.

Good luck.

Hal Taylor
'86 spider veloce "Strega" (blew her head gasket last night)

Chris Sasso wrote:

> I am having two problems with my '87 Spider and I am hoping the digest can
> help me out.
> 1) THe heater is not functioning when I am doing below about 35 mph.
> Above 35 mph I can get hot air out.  Any thought on why this would happen?
>
> 2) THe brake fluid seems to be dropping every so slightly.  I topped it up
> a month ago and it has dropped a bit.  It is not leaking anywhere I can
> see.  If I recall it sometimes gets into the booster.  Does the MC need to
> be rebuilt?
>
> I appreciate any insights.
> Thanks,
> Chris
> Miami, FL

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