Brakes - 5K wagon

[Kneale Brownson]

At 05:15 PM 03/24/2003 -0500, David A. Templeton wrote:

> >
> > A bad bomb won't cause the pedal to sink to the floor under
> > use.  A bad
> > master cylinder WILL.
> >
>
>Brand spankin' new master.  To help isolate this even further, here is what
>the system has now:
>
>- new calipers & pads
>- new flex hoses all the way around
>- new rear wheel cylinders & shoes
>- new e-brake cables
>- new master cylinder
>- new brake fluid, all the rest was drained
>
>Current behaviour:
>
>start the car, no brake alarm, press brake solid.  Can move the car with
>brake, still solid.  Now stand full force on the brake, it will slowly fade
>to the floor and then the brake alarm comes on.
>
>If anyone needs me to do something extra to help isolate, speak up
>please.......

How did you bleed the system?   Maybe you need to redo the bleed.  A
pressure bleeder is the recommended approach.  The "pump the pedal"
approach can damage a MC.