Mad-Machine

some did REDZ.. when I was thinking I had a master cylinder problem, I called the dealer about getting a new one... they wanted 200 some bucks for the non-abs and an astronomical amount of money for the ABS... so, yes, some Tibs did have ABS... heck, the new wheel bearing assembly I got for the rear of my car came with an ABS ring, AND my shop manual lists all the specs for ABS

hamhead

Yeah some did... although ABS is the most horrible invention known to man, but thats a different story for a different day.

Had same problem in Corvette when I put the new brakes on. It turned out I didn't bleed them correctly the first time (air), and the master cylinder was bad, and the distributor cap was bad. -.- Check the cylinder or bleed the system. I don't think the lines are bad most likely.

Mad-Machine

most horrible invention? I beg to Differ Ham... every test I have seen of a car with and without ABS.. has the ABS car outbraking the non-abs car.. even with a professional driver keeping the non-abs car at the threshold of lockup...

And yes.. I would start with bleeding the brakes to see if that makes a difference... I would also consider compleatly changing the fluid out... it does grow old over time and with water in it, will boil at a much lower temp than when new.. leaving you with no brakes over a long and prolonged usage.

hamhead

Overexaggeration, but I don't like it. In everyday situations, I don't see it being too bad. Having fun on the backroads I don't like it, on ABS cars its harder to swing the rear around, you have to fight with the ABS for control. I like doing thinking for the car, not the car doing the thinking for me. Same reason I don't like traction control either. Darn myself for off-topicness...

Mad-Machine

no offtopicness.. I asked. I also understand.. so, now we can both get back on topic.

01tibby

tanc, bleed your lines before you do anything else. thats more than likely the problem, expecially since pumping the brakes makes them work.

http://www.hmaservice.com/webtech/iindex.a...0693#_394880693

tanc

Thank you very much gentlemen.

Dmitry

I have RD Tib (1997) with ABS. I thought all Tibs have ABS.

It's very easy to turn ABS off! just take out ABS fuse.
ABS is very helpful in winter.

tanc

UPDATE : Okay, I bought new monroe front pads because I didn't like the quality of the old ones too much dust, and I also got my rotor's machined. And it didn't help. What I notice is that my pedal is real hard to press down even with the engine on and wheels still don't lock

Mad-Machine

ahha... when you say hard to press down... what does it feel like with the engine off? I am not talking just turning it off and touching the brake, you will need to pump it several times to make sure the booster is out of vacuume.. at the point the pedal should be ROCK hard.. if it is the same as when the engine is running, you either have a bad booster or a vacuume leak to it.