ABS update

["Joseph Kanellopoulos" <kanellj@domain.elided>]

Hi gang,

a few months back, I had another problem with the ABS, which ended up having
the Milano towed home.

Long story short, I pulled the battery pole off put it back on and it was
working fine it seemed. Not satisfied that this was the only problem I looked
at the relays and found them all to be in a sad state.

2 out of the 3 ABS relays are the classic $1 relays you can buy of most online
electronics places, where as the current carrying one (main) relay (the
Siemens one) is not easily available. I got it from Ruth at alfaparts (she is
a lifesaver).

After replacing the main relay I took the old one apart and to my surprise
(and horror) all of the metal from the contacts had been blown off!!!!!!

I plan to post a pic of the contacts soon, for those who have the morbid
curiocity to see what and how, but I was wondering if anyone has seen anything
of its like before, since ALL the metal inside the cast part of the contact
was literally gone.

I have since drived the car for about 2 months, and have put more than 1600
miles on it, (hwy and bumper to bumper) and the ABS has been working fine (as
I had a chance to verify recently in light snow with the Kumhos on..)

Considering that the pressure hold fine (5 full pumps between the pump coming
on again), it holds the pressure for more than a day of being parked if you
have had the pump work before the car was turned off, and in general nothing
else seems to be wrong with it, do you guys think that there could be anything
else I need to check into.

The accumulator is brand new and the pump and master cylinder have both been
replaced with "good used ones" 8k miles ago.

I am thinking of taking it to the Alfa dealer here (West Suburban) for a full
ABS check as a precaution, since they supposedly have the right tool for that.
What exactly do they check in that procedure?

Any opinions?

Thanks again,

Joseph
88 Milano Verde

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