Por fin se fueron los tres amigos!!!
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Por fin se fueron los tres amigos!!!
I finally got rid of the 3 Amigos, I changed the shuttle valve but I ultimately had to do the bypass where the and yellow and green wire is rerouted. After, I completed the procedure i still had the 3 Amigos but it was because I spliced into but did not bypass the green and yellow wire, I cut the wire and the Amigos went away hopefully forever,
The first time, I had a hard time getting the air out of the brakes, they say you have to use the Hawkteye Tool to open the Shuttle Valve but this time I used a $20 Harbor Freight One Man Brake Bleeding Tool and got a nice firm pedal, All you need to do is just keep pump the tool until you don't see any bubbles in the transparent plastic tube.
One thing, I don't think it's possible to remove the Shuttle Valve while the ABS Module is in the car. I see that others have done it but I couldn't; I can see the advantage of it: no need to bleed the brakes and risk stripping the six soft aluminium threaded ports in the ABS Module but Its a real PITA to get those 3 Allen Screws out. Be careful with the 6 ABS connectors; don't cross thread them.
This forum is great, people all over the World helping each other out for no $, just a desire to help one another,
The first time, I had a hard time getting the air out of the brakes, they say you have to use the Hawkteye Tool to open the Shuttle Valve but this time I used a $20 Harbor Freight One Man Brake Bleeding Tool and got a nice firm pedal, All you need to do is just keep pump the tool until you don't see any bubbles in the transparent plastic tube.
One thing, I don't think it's possible to remove the Shuttle Valve while the ABS Module is in the car. I see that others have done it but I couldn't; I can see the advantage of it: no need to bleed the brakes and risk stripping the six soft aluminium threaded ports in the ABS Module but Its a real PITA to get those 3 Allen Screws out. Be careful with the 6 ABS connectors; don't cross thread them.
This forum is great, people all over the World helping each other out for no $, just a desire to help one another,
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Agreed. Great resource. So helpful.
It is possible to remove the shuttle valve without unhooking the Wabco unit. It's tricky, and I had to use a very odd arrangement of sockets, adapters, but now I can whip the shuttle valve off in about 6 minutes. I can see why you might think it's not easy enough and pull off the brake unit though.
Well done getting it fixed.
It is possible to remove the shuttle valve without unhooking the Wabco unit. It's tricky, and I had to use a very odd arrangement of sockets, adapters, but now I can whip the shuttle valve off in about 6 minutes. I can see why you might think it's not easy enough and pull off the brake unit though.
Well done getting it fixed.
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