quote:Originally posted by nazgul:
no.1965 made it to it's new home late yesterday evening, and in retaliation for the climate change from arizona-it killed it's battery which was resurrected by an overnight charge. in addition 1965 asked to be covered with a blanket for the night because it was used to arizona warmth and not chicago cold.
so, after a nice warm up today, gotta take the car for a drive. after about 10 miles of typical urban driving, something started feeling funny and shortly, the car just stopped-the front disk pads were locked up, disks hot as hell, and wheels warm enough to fry eggs on. after the disks cooled down (about 20 minutes of standing in the righthand lane on a busy 4 lane state highway), they loosened up and the car was driven home (about a mile) and the pads locked up again in the driveway. another cool down, and into the garage we went.
this vehicle had substantial work done on it in the last year by the prior owner who was/is a member of this forum. also, i had gone to arizona and driven the car prior to purchase for 20-30 miles with no problems.
helpp!!!!, some troubleshooting ideas would be really appreciated.
nazgul
I'm not a Pantera brake expert (yet), but it sounds like the brake pistons are seizing in the calipers. If the car sat for a length of time, the brake fluid could have retained water and caused corrosion/contamination, which in turn, does bad things to calipers. I would remove the calipers and examine the bores in which the pistons ride.
Also, the brake pedal may not be returning fully. I'm not sure on these cars how that feature operates.
Examine/rebuild/replace the calipers, flush all the old brake fluid out and re-fill with DOT-4 or DOT-5. Do a good bleed (using a pressure-bleeder if available) and you should be good to go.
Hopefully, someone with more experience (George Pence, cough, cough) will chime in and fill in the details I left out.