ida34
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I reconnected the drive shafts yesterday and decided to drive around to my mother's house. She is two doors down the street. The brake pedal was real low and mushy. I noticed it when I moved the truck to hook up the tow bar. The brakes were an on or off affair going back and forth. The ground is wet and soft enough so no brakes are needed except on the road. I took my son by surprise last night and he almost went through the windshield when the brakes kicked in. Today I opened up the master cylinder. I did not see an evidence of leakage anywhere in for the truck. There was a little amount of bfs at the bottom. Not enough to fully cover the bottom. I reached in and felt muck at the bottom of the Master. I wiped it out with a rag. Today I disconnected the line from the master to the hydrovac unit. Fluid came out so it was not totally empty. I then flushed the cylinder and reconnected the line. I used my pressure bleeder and all but two of the bleeder screws were plugged. I cleaned them and figured any air would be gone after the fluid flowed for about a minute. I forgot to mention that I bled the master and hydrovac before bleeding at the wheels. I topped it off afterward and cleaned everything off. I will look for any leaks but I saw nothing. The master looked like it had not been touched in years. I wonder if the BFS was ever checked. The turn in paperwork and maint paperwork never mentioned anything about any brake problems and it was driven to DRMO. Who know? I will look closely for leaks but for now the pedal is great. I did not have time to test it moving. It was time for dinner. I will check it tomorrow. Sorry no pics. It did have a pretty good set of BII but a discharged fire extinguisher.
