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Re: Scary ineffective lousy brakes on 1986 NIssan D21 Hardbody Sunrader


 

Since I do not live 100% of the time with the Sunrader in the subject line, I am slow at dealing with it's issues.? 2 months ago, I took it to a mechanic new to me, referral from a long string of other shops who won't deal with my "Motorhome" (too old, too high, too heavy, no place to put it under insurance, mechanics too young, don't know anything about it, "We don't work on? anything older than 1996").? This mechanic has several vehicles and some motorhomes like mine, that have "Arizona Historic Vehicle copy license plates" (older than 25 years), on his lot, which is on a piece of land that he owns.? The Owner showed me that the front brake master cylinders didn't have any pressure, so I didn't have front brakes.? So he changed both ft. and rear(ft, and rear are the same part and words Front and Rear are even embossed on the part).

? Well new brake master cylinder didn't make a difference in the braking feel.? His employee Andy, owns a Nissan D21, Hardbody I think it is a 1992, and he has another one.? I don't know what is normal in these Nissan trucks, but Andy drove it and agreed "Mine takes too much pressure on the pedal for not much braking power".? Andy feels it is a bad brake booster that has no vacuum, cos a leaking brake master cylinder above the booster, can ruin the booster.? If not that, Andy has to take apart the rear wheels.??

The other issue, that the Nissan Sunrader "won't start" from time to time, especially when 32 degrees, everyone says "have to diagnose when it happens", which time before it happened, after waiting 3 hours for a tow truck to come to the Pilot truck stop 30 miles east of Quartzsite (I was going to Tika's Rally last Jan), when tow truck finally arrived, of course, the Sunrader started immediately, after that tow truck driver drove 75 miles to come get me.? Steve, whatever you did at the Rally, it didn't fix the issue.? It didn't start again in Feb, when I went to the Tucson Gem Show and spent the night at Walmart, but it always "starts later the same day", or on another day, so I have never been forever stranded, and have never been towed.

The brake repair is for another day, at the end of this year,?

Julia?

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Julia - Scottsdale, AZ

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