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1969SSCamaro
Mar 17, 2014Explorer
Fortunately got it figured out about 30 minutes after last post. Appears I was done in by man's best friend, the mut. The dogs were in the MH "helping" my wife install carpet and the engine cover was off. One of the dogs slipped into the engine compartment and evidently stepped on one of the connectors next to the distributer. Not sure if it was part of the electronic ignition module or what, but as soon as my wife told me about the dogs, I started looking and found a loose connector. Anyway the MH handled really well in city traffic with the new springs, but I had planned to do a much longer test drive on the interstate. One thing I did notice was the calipers and/or wheel bearings seemed pretty warm. I measured the caliper at around 250 deg F and the rotor around 200 F. Also measured rotor temp right next to outside bearing and it was around 180 F. Based on that it seems like the heat is just the brakes. I did install ceramic pads and probably just hypersensitive since this was first drive with them. Anyone know what normal temp range might be for city driving; ambient temp was about 70 F and it was not excessive stop and go, but definitely lots of street lights.
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