XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:08:56 -0500, Michael Trew   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 3/4/2022 1:57, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> On 03/03/2022 09:51 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   >>> On 3/3/2022 17:38, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Only once -- the very first time I drove down a mountain road -- did my   
   >>>> brakes get too hot to stop as quickly as I wanted. Lesson learned.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's a pretty rare occurrence these days with disc brakes; many cars   
   >>> now have rear disc brakes also. When I first drove a car (recently)   
   >>> with 4 wheel manual drum brakes, I quickly learned why people   
   >>> (especially older drives) teach you to pulse the brakes on steep hills.   
   >>   
   >> 1950 Olds 88. Did they even have disks then? I really should have known   
   >> better, but I'd never driven a mountain road before. I was lucky.   
   >   
   >I don't think disc brakes were even an option until the late 60's, but   
   >perhaps someone else could be more certain.   
   >   
   >Out of curiosity, did your Olds have power or manual brakes?  I owned a   
      
   I had a '50 Olds also.  I don't think they came with power brakes.  But   
   it did stop okay.   They did have the possibility of Back-up lights.  I   
   found some at a junk yard and installed them.  And they did have the   
   possibility of an automatic headlight dimmer, based on the lights from   
   the on-coming car.  I only read about that.   
      
   The new or nearly new features of the '50 were a high-compression (8.5   
   to 1, iirc) production v-8 engine, and an automatic transmission.   
      
   >'56 Olds 88 with power brakes, but I never drove it (except onto/off of   
   >a trailer); the booster was gone, as well as other parts.  Hopefully the   
   >next guy restored it as the car deserved.  It had manual steering.   
   >   
   >Most of my older cars still have manual brakes.  I currently have a '65   
      
   This new Citroen has brakes so good, I've knocked the phone once and   
   the laptop twic off the front seat. I'm glad I put a solid state drive   
   in.  Even when stopped, I can imagine one could damage a mechanical   
   drive.   I think I've gotten used to the brakes and don't do that sort   
   of thing anymore.   
      
   >Ford Galaxie with manual drum brakes around.  I also have a '75 Dodge   
   >Dart with manual brakes, but it has manual discs in the front.  The   
   >Galaxie has manual steering, and it's a bear to parallel park.   
   >   
   >> Later on I drove a car with brake problems. I still pulse the brakes,   
   >> mainly to make sure they still work before I NEED to use them. Some   
   >> habits just don't die.   
   >   
   >I do the same thing, even in newer cars.  That's a good habit to have,   
   >either way.   
      
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