8. profit.

 

Are you sure of are you paying EUR 900 per fried ABS unit?
Having that said, compressor + vacuum bleeder is actually pretty good result. Just bedded the pads in - for how well I can on the street - and pedal feel is actually not bad for a first drive.

 

ABS is what keeps me alive in the rain, or so I think. Where is the ABS fuse actually?

 

just pull the two relays next to the unit.

 

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die in a 5mph accident? hmm.....that takes mad skillz

 

It's called adapting to your conditions. Leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front of you when driving in inclement weather. Don't let yourself get distracted when driving a 2100# missle.

 

Might I suggest you learn to suck less

 

So you're saying I should leave a larger gap to compensate for a lack of ABS? So I can skillfully extract maximum braking power with my oh so sensitive "racer's" right foot whilst I thank miataturbo.net for inspiring me to have removed my safety net and granting me the opportunity to **** myself?

 

btw, ABS doesn't help when you're sliding backwards on ice... in fact i don't remember it working at all once it spun.

 

In the '99 FSM, section 04-13 (ABS) covers only electromechanical troubleshooting, and does not give a special procedure for bleeding the system. The only air-bleeding procedure given in all of chapter 04 is under section 04-11, "Conventional Brake System":




The motor is powered by the "ABS" fuse in the main relay / fuse box under the hood, near the pax shock tower. The control unit, from what I can gather of the schematic, is powered by the windshield wiper fuse.

 

Thanks Joe. Im keeping ABS for now as Ive just spoken to a 94+ABS+Wilwood owner that has rock solid brakes, and not so before. Repeated bleeding is the icing on the cake apparently.

Joe: do you also have the manual page for pedal height adjustment?

 

Like Sav said, ABS is for driver's that SUCK *** ... ah I'm just jealous

In hindsight I wish I would have looked around for an ABS equipped NA to build as my racecar, oh well - need to concentrate on sucking less *** I spoze...

I flatspotted one of my 225 Avon Tech RA's last year @ Bwillow braking into Star Mazda. I made a late pass and didn't realize my RR was locked until I noticed a smokescreen in my mirrors, DOH, that tire was DONE, squared as ***.

 

From the '92 FSM:

 

I'm saying you should leave a larger gap when it is raining and the pavement is slick enough that you think you could skid into the car in front of you. It's pretty common sense, or so I would have thought.

 

For those who actually taste vagina instead of only dreaming about it:

 

Another day of ball hard brakes.

 

can you bleed from the bonjo bolts on the abs unit instead of the calipers?

 

"Ball" is the verb form. You're looking for the adverb form, "balling".

 

I did that last time to no avail. You can't pull a vacuum there. I won't do it again unless I've done the other method 3 times with no luck.
Weer een dag met keiharde remmen. There, I'll use my own language then.