Mine did this last year. Turned out to be a bad master cylinder. Not too bad to change out.
On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:50 PM, C. Chris Snyder wrote: > On the way home this afternoon, I put my foot on the brake pedal and > It went to the floor!! Luckily I had plenty of room to get around > the guy in front lol. If I pump the pedal, I get my brakes back. > > I checked the master cylinder when I got home and it is full. I have > good brakes now so am wondering if maybe it jut had a air pocket or > trash in the line that kept the brakes from working and now it's > cleared it self from the line. > > It doesn't make any difference if the car is running or not so it's > not the power boaster. I am sure it's the master cylinder. > > What is a good one cost? I think it's easy to fix my self. > > Also, I understand that the reservoir for the master cylinder is not > available any more. > > Chris > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email message sent from Netscape Connect - visit us today at www.wmconnect.com |
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