Sounds like you got the brakes too hot and got brake fade. That is why they tell you to NEVER ride your brakes coming downhill. You should shift into a lower gear and let the engine do the braking. Is there a "B" on your shift console? It stands for "Berg", which is German for "mountain." Place the shifter in "B" when coming downhill.
You have probably glazed the brake pads, and they will need replacing. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roberto Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:52 PM To: Lista Mercedes Subject: [MBZ] No brake power after a short ride downhill Hello guys After play around adjusting the carbs on my just rebuild engine I decide to conquer the hill that beat me up last time, this time I won the figth I reached the summit at almost 38 M/H easily, I made an U turn and at the bottom of this homongus and steped hill I felt the brakes a little bit more spongi than normal but with a good stoping power, I also found havy traffic and after about ten minutes in the colum I got no braking power at all, I rode the car untill home about a mile and there was no brakes. I let it there for about trhee days until last nigth when I rode the car near home just to found a very good stoping power, I was out for a short period of time but the car perform well down hill inclusive. Some body has an idea about what happened and if this could happend againg ? As a last piece of information, when I got home after the barke faliure, I noticed an unusual smell around the car, not burning oil but something similar maybe with a touch of palstic odor style (sorry is very hard to describe an odor), the barake fluid reservoir was filled to top, I could not find any leaks on the calliper oll around. Waiting for a word of hope Roberto _______________________________________ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] For new parts see www.buymbparts.com For repairs see www.oldworldauto.com To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
