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Anthony - 24 May 2004 18:44 GMT

My cousin has a 92 Areostar that he uses as a work van (he's a carpenter)
anyway his teenage son put power steering fluid in the brakes and well, now
he has none. Doing a break job isn't something that normally causes concern
but this van has ABS and the crappy Haynes manual he has only tells me that
I'm too stupid to work on ABS and to take it to the dealer.

I've found good prices on a rebuilt master cylinder and calipers. Rear
wheel cylinders are cheap too. I don't expect the rubber hydraulic lines
are going to be very expensive and I may get used ones from a wrecking yard.

Now getting back to the problem, can I just bypass the ABS on this rig?
According to the manual the pre 89 models didn't have it anyway. Is this
going to take major plumbing to get around?

Tony

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Mark Olson - 24 May 2004 19:14 GMT

> My cousin has a 92 Areostar that he uses as a work van (he's a carpenter)
> anyway his teenage son put power steering fluid in the brakes and well, now
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> wheel cylinders are cheap too. I don't expect the rubber hydraulic lines
> are going to be very expensive and I may get used ones from a wrecking yard.

BAD IDEA. Buy new hoses. It's not worth the effort of installing an
old hose, assuming you like your cousin and want him to stay alive.

> Now getting back to the problem, can I just bypass the ABS on this rig?
> According to the manual the pre 89 models didn't have it anyway. Is this
> going to take major plumbing to get around?

Don't make Haynes turn out to be right... get a decent manual, and fix
it right, or take it to someone who can.

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David M - 29 May 2004 01:43 GMT

> My cousin has a 92 Areostar that he uses as a work van (he's a carpenter)
> anyway his teenage son put power steering fluid in the brakes and well,
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>
> Tony

DON'T FART AROUND WITH BRAKES IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
Your life depends on it.

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Anthony - 29 May 2004 19:11 GMT

> > Now getting back to the problem, can I just bypass the ABS on this rig?
> > According to the manual the pre 89 models didn't have it anyway. Is this
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> DON'T FART AROUND WITH BRAKES IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
> Your life depends on it.

I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING AND THANKS FOR THE SHOUTING.
I was a motorcycle mechanic for over 15 years. I'm not farting around and I
don't know why you guys think brakes are something mystical. I'm sure I can
figure it out when I'm under the rig but it would have been nice to talk to
some one that had model specific experience. If it weren't for the ABS, I
wouldn't have even needed a manual to do the brakes.

Tony

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David M - 30 May 2004 01:08 GMT

>> > Now getting back to the problem, can I just bypass the ABS on this
>> > rig? According to the manual the pre 89 models didn't have it anyway.
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>
> Tony

I don't think brakes are mystical. I have done plenty of
brake work. It's just that anyone who is planning to rebuild
a brake system with old brake hoses from a junkyard certainly
doesn't seem to know what they are doing. Don't be cheap on brakes.
Your life is worth more than that.

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Bob - 30 May 2004 04:45 GMT

> > > Now getting back to the problem, can I just bypass the ABS on this rig?
> > > According to the manual the pre 89 models didn't have it anyway. Is
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>
> Tony

If you knew what you were doing you wouldn't be talking about putting on
used brake hoses, or bypassing the ABS for that matter. Just add a RABS
valve to the list of parts you already know about.
Bob

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