Gene

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I have a 1990 T2, and the ABS box has started to leak like the fkn titanic. I will go through most of a master cylender tankfull per week, with the car just sitting in the garage. It doesn't seem to leak any faster while I'm driving, and the brake performance doesn't seem to be affected, the car still stops like you dropped an anchor. (abs fuses have been absent since before I bought the car though, to prevent this from happening by preventing abs action. Doesn't look like it helped tho) Is there any kind of rebuild kit available for this thing to replace the seals? Or do I have to get a whole new box? (or remove the fkn thing entirely and use the non abs brake system off a gxl?)
I've had the car since may, but this rapid leaking is a pretty new thing. It was veeeeery slowly losing fluid before, so slowly that I never topped it off due to loss, though I did replace fluid when doing a brake bleed, and it looked low when I started.

Any pricing ideas? I emailed dave at kdr about it but he never replied. Weird, since he usually replied to my queries pretty quickly in the past

Scott 89t2

there is no way to fix them. my friend's 90 tII was leaking too and he just bought a used one for $300usd. since you don't even use it anyways. just remove the abs unit and anyone who knows how to make brake lines (not that hard) can just connect the lines together to bypass it.

Erik

this might be a weird question...but when you start up the car initially...do the brakes ever feel stiff for a second or two or do you hear a small hiss from the engine? or does your ABS light ever come on? my brakes seem to work fine and its not leaking fluid...but the ABS light is on most of the time hmmm

Gene

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I'm pretty sure it's normal for the brakes to be stiffer at first because vacuum hasn't built up yet in the brake booster. Any hissing might be related to the brake booster being bad or something... As for the ABS light, it's always on because the ABS fuses aren't in the car.

ZachSpazz

If you were to buy a new unit it would cost upwards of $1000! As for me, I love the ABS as it's starting to get wet out and my TII is still my daily-driver. If my unit failed I would attempt to get a used one and if that didn't happen I'd fab bypass lines.