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Old 03-18-2009, 03:05 PM
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This Mustang 87 mustang 5.0 that i just bought has almost no brake pedal! I've changed the master cylinder, both rear wheel cylinders and I've bled the brakes completely... same result! What could it be???
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Old 03-19-2009, 03:06 PM
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When you bled the brakes did you step on the brake pedal or just let the fluid out? It could possibly be the booster!
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Old 03-19-2009, 03:10 PM
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How are you bleeding the brakes? What order?
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Old 03-20-2009, 09:31 PM
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I had my son pump the brakes 4 times then hold... Then I opened the bleeders. I bled them starting at the rear passenger, then driver, then passenger front, then driver. I asked a local mechanic about the brake booster... he said the booster would be "hard as a rock" if the booster went out!
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Old 03-20-2009, 10:26 PM
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did you bench bleed the master cylinder before installing it?? or just install it then filled the resevoir and then tried to bleed it from the wheels??
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