Greetings
It's been quite a while since I stopped in here to ask a question. Did manage to change my timing belt and also rebuilt my front end last fall. More recently, in the middle of a coold January, it was an alternator replacement.
Question is: if I can't pump anything out of the bleeder on the proportioner (term?), is it a sure thing I've got a bad master cylinder? I also replaced a caliper last summer and never did feel like I had the lines bled perfectly. Brakes got worse this winter. Last weekend I had a helper so I tried to bleed the lines; my helper said the pedal response was erratic--sometimes it would firm up, and the next push was mush. I've got brakes--at the very end of the pedal travel. At the bleeder on the proportioner, neither can I push any fluid through with a pedal stroke nor can I pull any through with a vacuum pump.
Gotta be the master cylinder, right? Clogged galleys? Say goodbye to $200?
miguelito