Re: [FWDLK] A brake riddle...
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Re: [FWDLK] A brake riddle...



Yes James,
If your master cylinder went dry your will need to bleed your brakes again.
then Check the barke lines & rubber hoses. If you find nothing there pull
the drums and check the wheel cyclinders,
Good luck, Mike Singer 57 DeSoto Fireflite


At 03:35 PM 7/24/02 -0700, James wrote:
>    out fine. Now, when I go to get  it running, I have NO brakes. Nothing.
>All the way to the floor goes my pedal.  Now, I checked my fluid and sure
>enough, it is about dry. Why, I am not sure.  There are NO signs of leakage
>from anywhere. But be that as it may, it was dry  so I filled it back up.
>Still no brakes. Oh, I guess technically I have just a  bit. If I go all
>the way to the floor with the pedal, which it does gladly, I do  come to a
>stop while moving only in gear, no gas applied.    So, what next? Does my
>reserve running dry require  me to bleed my brake system, taking care of
>the problem? After I filled the  reserve I pumped the brakes several times
>and then rechecked the reserve. The  fluid level had not gone down. Again,
>before I took this hiatus, the brakes had  been fine....   James 1959
Dodge

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