Short version, if I need to disable the ABS system in a 1991 Chevy Caprice, do I just pull a specific fuse or is there anything else to be concerned about?
Long version as to why... i'm having a wierd problem where the ABS keeps pushing my foot off of the brake, and I am currently moderately injured (I have no use of my left arm at all) making it very difficult to do whats probably the "proper" repair even if that's not very big so i'm just kicking it down the road.
People can respond on the proper repair for when I get to it (maybe after six months more physical therapy) but I just want to shut off ABS entirely for now. I've driven without ABS my entire life on all my other cars so i'm not worried especially not in the summer, my "manual ABS" has always got me thru every winter as my other vehicles lack it.
Longer story is 1991 chevy caprice classic, 5.0L V8, with what I think is the 3 channel ABS system (the cadillac had a 4 channel I believe, this is a 3 channel) and 180k miles.
A few thousand miles ago I started periodically having the car try to push my foot up whenever I had it on the brake and the vehicle was completely stopped. This was very intermittent (only once in awhile) and would only happen one out of a number of stops. It would also stop if I shut the car off then turned back on, or often if I just rolled forward two feet or so. (i'm guessing there might be gunk in the sensors somewhere)
This has gotten more and more often so that now it happens literally on nearly every stop, and the pushing back has gotten more aggressive. It will start making the car move forward a few feet if it's on the slightest bit of a hill so now I have to do something, it's gone from annoyance to "i'm wondering when this will make me nose out in traffic at a stop light soon". Generally stomping my foot down HARD seems to keep me in place so far but I can't ignore it.
No I cant afford to take it to anyone. Coronavirus took my job. Trying to not be homeless.
Long version as to why... i'm having a wierd problem where the ABS keeps pushing my foot off of the brake, and I am currently moderately injured (I have no use of my left arm at all) making it very difficult to do whats probably the "proper" repair even if that's not very big so i'm just kicking it down the road.
People can respond on the proper repair for when I get to it (maybe after six months more physical therapy) but I just want to shut off ABS entirely for now. I've driven without ABS my entire life on all my other cars so i'm not worried especially not in the summer, my "manual ABS" has always got me thru every winter as my other vehicles lack it.
Longer story is 1991 chevy caprice classic, 5.0L V8, with what I think is the 3 channel ABS system (the cadillac had a 4 channel I believe, this is a 3 channel) and 180k miles.
A few thousand miles ago I started periodically having the car try to push my foot up whenever I had it on the brake and the vehicle was completely stopped. This was very intermittent (only once in awhile) and would only happen one out of a number of stops. It would also stop if I shut the car off then turned back on, or often if I just rolled forward two feet or so. (i'm guessing there might be gunk in the sensors somewhere)
This has gotten more and more often so that now it happens literally on nearly every stop, and the pushing back has gotten more aggressive. It will start making the car move forward a few feet if it's on the slightest bit of a hill so now I have to do something, it's gone from annoyance to "i'm wondering when this will make me nose out in traffic at a stop light soon". Generally stomping my foot down HARD seems to keep me in place so far but I can't ignore it.
No I cant afford to take it to anyone. Coronavirus took my job. Trying to not be homeless.