James -
There's a good chance tha the rubber lines between the cylinders and the
hard metal lines (one at the center of the rear axle, one at each front
wheel) have swollen up internally, so that they barely pass any fluid.
If the car has been sitting long enough that the master cylinder conked
out on you, there's agood chance that he rubber hoses are toas as well,
so I'd tend to replace tham as a matter of course.
Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:05:17 +0100
> From: "James K. Hurd" <hurd@boernenet.com>
> Subject: Bleeding Brakes: Midget
>
> Need some ideas on why I can't get brakes to bleed up on my '75 Midget.
> Car has been in semi-storage (no pickling) for 5 years but was driven
> monthly on the ranch. Brakes went from bad to worse. New master
> cylinder helped but pedal finally hit bottom and no amount of pumping
> would bring it up. Checked for leaks and found one at the pressure fail
> switch which I replaced. No *visible* leakage elsewhere. Cleaned up
> light corrosion on rear wheel cylinders but didn't try to open up
> calipers as I wanted to solve the larger problem before putting in the
> brake kits.
>
> Using hand-operated vacuum pump, as per instructions, am pulling mostly
> air, very little fluid from master reservoir. Seems like it's sucking
> air somewhere... don't think its at bleeder/hose connection... Where
> should I look? Thanks in advance for trouble-shooting advice.
>
> Jim
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