Pug shuttle trouble.

[Icuff4cash]

tonight it was only 111 in Vegas at 5pm. Driving on 15 at 70 mph for an hour my steering felt funny like no input from the right side and my van was pulling to the right about a mile down the road I smelt a burning clutch smell. Got auto trans so I try to stop peddle gos 3/4 to floor. I check trans fluid dirty needs change. I parked it an hour to cool drove home still no feeling from right and drifting toward right not pulling like earlier. After 25 min ride on 15 I'm almost home the pedal hits floor but stops. No burn smell no noise. Tommarow at first lite ill explore. Any ideas

 

[zenish]

when i first brought my van home i lost 90 percent of my braking on the way home.i decided it was because there was so much water in the brake fluid it was boiling.better after bleeding the brakes.

 

[Icuff4cash]

Updated this morning I checked the trans fluid no nasty burn smell just down a pint maybe. Check master cylinder fluid level good but nasty heavy oily feeling and smelled. So I didn't blow w a wheel cylinder fluid was good. Looked at rotors front old but ok. Couldn't take off wheel someone gorilla the nuts on. When I sat behind the wheel rock hard pedal. As soon as I started the van it DROPED +1/2 down. Drove it it was only 80 at 7 am no burn but brakes work at almost dead pedal. I read an older posting that the brake fluid can boil when hot weather and in traffic. It was 111 and I don't know the boiling point. But the poster said ford recamend changing the fluid every 2 years to prevent the valve sticking. I have no light on dash. Any

when i first brought my van home i lost 90 percent of my braking on the way home.i decided it was because there was so much water in the brake fluid it was boiling.better after bleeding the brakes.

thanks I thinking of takeing it to those $99 brake jobs advertising all the time in money mailer. I took it out before noon no problem but only 97. Hottest part of day in Vegas 3 pm we hit 105 today. So in under 90 temperature no problem the rt front caliper must have stuck it pulled real bad. I'm still drifting some to right. Do you think hi heat 111 air temp and black top who knows plus I got **** tires. Something called master craft 215 70 14 car tires. I bought stuff for my lift kit. Going lift the pug shuttle 2" to start and then buy some 235-75-15 that will give me 1-1/2 more ground clearance. Bought a 2" lift for front and adjusted coil over for rear.

 

[Josh P]

How bad do you need to stop? I'd go through the brake system, replace the vacuum booster, master cylinder and rubber lines to the calipers.

 

[Icuff4cash]

What would cause the front right to stick. How hard is it to check the booster. Since I'm by myself should I farm out the job. Good year is advertising $99.00 per axle replace pads cut rotor and adjust brakes. I've replaced pads before its around $20.00 but to remove the rotor get it cut and repack the bareing $75. For 2 rotors is this high. Haven't done this in 25 years.

 

[Josh P]

first thing to do is make sure there is no leaks in the brake system, once that is confirmed pump the brake pedal with the engine off so the pedal is hard to push down. You don't have to stand on the pedal, hold it down for a min or so. If the pedal loses the firm hard feeling then the master cylinder is bad, that usually leaks into the booster killing it. If you suspect water in the brake fluid that will cause problems with rust inside the system.
Those $99 brake shops are a good deal if you do not have any brake problems. If your rotors are at or below min spec. then they have to sell you new. If you had my luck then there would be 2 unrelated problems, the front right hub assembly causing it to pull to the right and a master cylinder that could not live without that hub.....

 

[Icuff4cash]

No leaks fluid level ok. I pumped the peddle stayed hard started the van it drop almost to floor. My fluid is almost the color of Honney and thick. Almost sticky a member posted that ford says your supposed to change the fluid every 2 years to prevent the valveing from sticking. I got to do one project at a time. I posted an extra generator I have on Craig list to swap for 15-16 rims. I got feelers out for a transfer case. One member on ranger board said the manual shift won't work. He said the front diff doesn't move and the tc 28 is fixed so it will fail from drive train angle. Then there's the rear bumper my friends welder died so that's on hold. My lift comes in a week. So I'm loaded with project to do.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Replace all of the brake fluid.

 

[Icuff4cash]

Thanks is it a 2 man job or can I use a turkey Baster to suck it out from the mc

 

[BrooklynBay]

The easiest way that I've done it is to get bleeder screws with built in one way check valves. You only need to use a box wrench, an empty bottle, and a piece of tubing. Make sure that you refill the master cylinder after each push on the brake pedal.

 

[Icuff4cash]

Thanks I forgot about the 1 way bleeders. My last brake job was 25 years ago on my gto and I forgot about this.

 

[BrooklynBay]

This link has more information about the one way bleeder valves: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums...-pads-on-an-aerostar-van.243263/#post-2963872

 

[Icuff4cash]

Thanks I'm off to see manny moe and jack

 

[Icuff4cash]

Brooklyn Bay you know I've been getting beat up with coil springs for my awd Aerostar I found this excellent shape parts tag. I googled the number Guess what odd truck this part gos to.
1980-1985 ford F-100-350 truck? How can a 1/4 and 3/4 ton truck use the same spring. I understand it's the front so it's only carry the nose and block. But how about handling ect....
Any thoughts

 

[zenish]

The easiest way that I've done it is to get bleeder screws with built in one way check valves. You only need to use a box wrench, an empty bottle, and a piece of tubing. Make sure that you refill the master cylinder after each push on the brake pedal.

this is what i use.http://www.harborfreight.com/brake-bleeder-and-vacuum-pump-kit-69328.html

 

[Icuff4cash]

Thanks it's diff some days being in a wheelchair part time. This afternoon I had a bad episode with afternoon with my md. So I got layed up between 2-530.

 

[BrooklynBay]

I've used that vacuum pump in the past. It works well as long as you don't get brake fluid into it. After that, the seals swell, and it won't work so use caution.

 

[zenish]

thats why i bought this one.my mighty mite one quit.

 

[BrooklynBay]

I went through a couple of Actron models. I didn't know about the repair kit before I got rid of them. Here's the link: https://actron.com/content/cp7830-vacuum-pump-rebuild-kit

 

[Icuff4cash]

well this week the real summer hit Vegas all week 115* all week. So 6am I started on the pug shuttle. Problems that I don't need since I'm very weak.1. Get car up on jack stands and lugs won't brake loose. I break out the air impack and at 150 pounds NFG. I'm glad I didn't get a flat on the road. Finally some bafoon torked them to 225. I'm surprised they didn't snap. My gun gos to 250 lbs.2. Getting the rim off, on any of your rims the center axle hole mine are not round there octogone. And all 4rims are stamped by the bead were the tire seats ford emblem. So after getting the BFH, I knocked the rim off. 3. Looked at pads do to be replaced rotors no groves heat burns or cracks. The piston rubber boot cover is gummy and has edged cracks. But no leaks could explain low peddle. While there I see there's new axle haft shafts in the boots are new and the clamps are shining gold color.4 they sent me the wrong springs sent me cc850 rwd rear springs got to send them back to moog man. While using the spring compressor it snapped cheap ass bad Chinese pot iron. I don't even know what kind of junk cast iron this was. As a welder 35 years ago I never saw cast iron steel colored all the way threw the break. The jaws were paint silver I though until I had the jaw snap. It was the color all the way threw. Like the pored paint into the casting it was silver at the break. The front springs are very small and the shocks are origins and greasy. 5 retighten the lugs with a tork wrench to 100 ft lbs. next plan contact eBay mail my springs back and send compressor back. Go to Goodyear for a $99. Brake job on the front and do some checking on my square hole rims. I know there gotta be comments coming. I'm tired hot and hurting. Just in the mood to read