http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1260986103/0#12

Was thinking of a problem I once had reading the thread above.

I was once on a downhill stretch going back to work in my Pontiac, car had been running fine, last few bits of roads were straights, and a couple of small round abounds to navigate before the main rounabout in town.  Hadnt really needed to use the brakes but had my foot ready incase I was caught out with passing traffic on the 1st 2 roundabouts.

Jabbed to throttle to shoot down the last straight taking the car to about 60mph and as I got closer to town I dabbed the brakes and sod all happened.

I pressed the brakes hard, then tried them slowly, dropped it down a gear, started to pump the brakes (rapidly), started to pray, droped down to 1st gear (car did over 70mph in 1st so ok)  then I reckon I just closed my eyes waitng for the impact.

The hand brake was a foot operated thing, but  if used would have spun the car.  So just carried on pumping the brakes and suddenly the car started to slow and I avoided a lot of mess, including my pants.

Seals had gone in the master cylider, seal kit was £24 brand new master cylinder (not recon) was £34, sorted within 24 hours  but was one of my scariest times ever in a car.

Had a 77 Parrisiene.

Had a 72 SS Camaro before that.

Mr Skrunts wrote on 17. Dec 2009 at 01:13:


Skruntie..........as you are an authority on "yank tanks".......then you must remember the Oldsmobile Toronado.....from the late sixties......I had one as a Corgi toy.......seven litres of V8....and FWD....crazy.