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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:21 pm 
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:25 pm 
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The red one with the pedal is the brake fail light....

So it comes on , then ya go "FUUCK ME DRUNK! NO BRAKES"
And by then its too late :)

Not sure about the others...
The other cable that looks like teh choke could be an internal bonnet release maybe....
have a tug.

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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:28 pm 
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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:31 pm 
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The switch part of it is to test the bulb.

So if the brakes fail, and the bulb does not light, you will never know if your brakes have failed :)

Silly, innit?


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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:33 pm 
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if u can switch it i dont think it would be the brake fail light. on leylands it usually sits on top of the dash in the vinyl top, next to the handbrake light. the 'dimmer' siwtch on the right of the steerign column is used to dim or brighten the lights illuminating the dash at night [ when ur light are on] hence probably no noticable occurences during the day.

Mine has a bit of a flat spot only when the engien is cold tho.once warmed up it usually is Aok

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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 9:41 pm 
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He's from NZ, probably a rover mini, they had the picture of the pedal where you could test it ;)

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sounds like the brakes need bleeding and adjust ment
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 Post subject: Re: Brakes
PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:21 pm 
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KiwiMR2 wrote:
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Anyway now it's much better....the pedal feels a bit softer BUT if I press it hard to the floor it can lock up the fronts, is this about as good as they will get OR should I be able to lock up the front and back??
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Most of the weight is over the front wheels, when you brake heavy you are transferring even more weight to the fronts....

You don't want to lock the backs up anyway....that could be real interesting :roll:

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 Post subject: Warrant of Fitness
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heard an interesting thing tonite........maybe you can confirm...because the rules about imports have been relaxed ....the average age of Kiwi cars has dropped dramatically from a few years back....lots of newer Japanese etc....

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 Post subject: Re: Warrant of Fitness
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 Post subject: INTER-MUH-RESTING
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Neat :D ....

So do you know of people importing Rover Coopers, Mini Front Cuts from Japan, Heritage Shells from UK.....purely out of interest....

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 Post subject: Re: INTER-MUH-RESTING
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 Post subject: Sanwa
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Check out the Playmini...Sanwa Trading connection...possibly the biggest Mini group in Nippon?

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