haaaaaaaaaaaalp!
2002 camry, no ABS, no stability, stick shift, 4 cyl, made in Japan, rear drum brakes, 201k miles.
Pedal felt squishy at a red light but firmed up. All four wheels dry, good hoses & lines, no fluid under car. Figured Master Cylinder had internal leak. Got an Advance Auto one, they say Cardone but box says carquest. Yeah, I know some people hate the brand.
Bench bled it, then installed. Bled passenger rear & front. Pedal felt rock hard (but maybe booster vacuum was used up.) Bled driver's side, barely any pedal. Re-bled passenger side, ditto.
So here I sit. Tried pedal stomping and vacuum bleeding. Oddly, with vacuum or gravity, fluid doesn't come out. Usually it does on other cars, and, in fact, I think this is the point of vacuum bleeding. Fluid is supposed to trickle from the reservoir into the "action center" of the m/c then on downward to the wheels.
Figured my pedal pushrod was too tight, checked it out, not adjustable (except for stoplight switch) and there seems to be enough slop.
Eh?
2002 camry, no ABS, no stability, stick shift, 4 cyl, made in Japan, rear drum brakes, 201k miles.
Pedal felt squishy at a red light but firmed up. All four wheels dry, good hoses & lines, no fluid under car. Figured Master Cylinder had internal leak. Got an Advance Auto one, they say Cardone but box says carquest. Yeah, I know some people hate the brand.
Bench bled it, then installed. Bled passenger rear & front. Pedal felt rock hard (but maybe booster vacuum was used up.) Bled driver's side, barely any pedal. Re-bled passenger side, ditto.
So here I sit. Tried pedal stomping and vacuum bleeding. Oddly, with vacuum or gravity, fluid doesn't come out. Usually it does on other cars, and, in fact, I think this is the point of vacuum bleeding. Fluid is supposed to trickle from the reservoir into the "action center" of the m/c then on downward to the wheels.
Figured my pedal pushrod was too tight, checked it out, not adjustable (except for stoplight switch) and there seems to be enough slop.
Eh?