We just had the same problem this week and bought a new master cylinder.
Installed it over the weekend ( what a job that was in a hangar but very hot)
and were bleeding the brakes the wrong way. So thanks to members of the tech
site who responded to out " help" call , we did it the right way and you can
stop on a dime. Full static runup keeps it in place. Was messy bleeding them
but now our problem is it moves forward OK but very hard to push back into the
hangar or backwards any place. Will work on that later this week.
Any suggestions as to why the brakes are so tight in reverse ?
Jim / Garrard
N3439H
FDK
----- Original Message -----
From: Caliendo Dan
To: ety Tech
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 2:37 PM
Subject: [ercoupe-tech] No brakes
My hand brake comes out to the full stop and foot pedal goes to the floor
with almost no brake.
(I can't run it up to over 1200 rpm without it creeping.) Is there an
adjustment that I can't find?
It is parked on bare concrete and no leaks and reservoir has fluid.
Dan Caliendo
Ercoupe Mach 0.14
3658H
