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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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How do u bench bleed the master?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Hook a short piece of line to each port then work the master cylinder until you get a clear stream coming out of each end. You can loop the line so that it exits back into the master cylinder, kind of "recycling" the fluid. Usually you use a dowel or something similar to actuate the cylinder.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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I took it in today...brake check couldn't figure it out at all...even hooked it to the computer to read the abs...nothing and now I have no brake at all...pedal goes ALL THE WAY! Booster was fine and no fluid was found so it's narrowed down to a clogged line and/or master cylinder like u said...
 
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Old Jul 31, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Clogged line? In that case the pedal should be as hard as a rock.

With no visible leaks, the only likely item is the master cylinder leaking internally.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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Yeah, they didn't have right tool for this or that and wAnted me to pay for it...but pretty much back to master cylinder
 
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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well gotta thank u my friend... replaced the master cylinder and it works fine now...i took it by a 2nd shop too before hand and got a $1,500 estimate for some "contaminated" lines...dude wanted to replace master cylinder, wheel cylinders, brake calipers, brake lines, ****in everything... and all he did was come did some paper in the resivoir and say it was dirty lol what a joke...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 09:53 AM
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Glad you got it fixed 01Kota. Thanks for posting back.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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And bench bleeding was easy enough...took me not even an hr to pull old one and install new one man. Thanks
 
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