DeTomaso Mailing List: April 99, Message #139

At 13:11 04/05/99 -0400, you wrote:
>-- [ From: Forest Goodhart * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] --
>
>It stops leaking because the reservoir is drained.If you refill the
>reservoir you will find that it continues to leak back out. --------
>REPLY, Original message follows --------


BZZZZT, Wrong answer... been there done that... 

Reservoir was NOT empty, and broken part of system was NOT leaking due to
the shuttle piston cutting off the flow.

Care to try again?


Of course, I'm resigned to the fact we may be talking about two different
designs here.  Mine is a 1973 FORD factory design, and by the mechanical
drawings and description I have (not handy), the design of the valve was to
do just as I have described... STOP the flow of fluid.

Now I could be wrong here too, it's been 15 years since that problem, but
since I worked on it for two days, I'd rather think my memory is intact on
the subject, however again I'll say, I could be wrong.  And since you've
piqued my curiosity, I'll have to go out and dig up my drawings and
descriptions to know for sure.

Besides, it's kinda STUPID to let the customer keep pushing all that fluid
out a broken line, don't you think?  In the case of drum brakes... all over
the brake shoes and drum, or all over the underside of the car.  I would
think the cause of an empty reservoir would be a break BEFORE the
press/diff valve, or a press/difff valve that was defective or "stuck"
preventing it from cutting off the flow.

Anybody have a spare we could saw in half to settle this?

Asa Jay  : )
<friendly flaming>