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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 12:44 PM
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Im having trouble googling/forum searching for this problem I have. My brakes just recently started acting up, the pedal goes almost to the floor and my abs and brake dash lights are on. When I looked inside, the rubber gasket over the fluid resevoir looked like it was sucked in a little, also I was low on fluid. I filled it up and put the gasket back but they only worked right for a week until I was in the same boat. Gasket doesnt want to go on very well but what do I do next? Bleed the lines? Replace the cylinder?
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 01:03 PM
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Check the line that goes to the rear end. They like to rust, and start leaking right above the gas tank. A slow leak would explain your symptoms pretty well.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Thanks Ill get under there and check it out
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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I hope it's a Dodge Ram we are talking about.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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I hope it's a Dodge Ram we are talking about.

....or a chevy vega? (how long has it been since anyone has seen one of those, anyway....)
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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....or a chevy vega? (how long has it been since anyone has seen one of those, anyway....)
A lady that lives down the street from where I used to live still drives hers. I even see Pinto's once in while.......
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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I've been seeing a lot of Yugo's at the scrap yard lately. Not as old as the Vega or Pinto, but no less infamous. Me, I'm a Gremlin man, myself.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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There is a Levi Gremlin with a turbo hemi in the Old Rip Car show here every year. I fall over laughing. Why would anyone put THAT much money into a gremiln! Wish I had taken a photo - I know you guys won't believe it!
 
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Old Dec 17, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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I can see it squirting out on the ground in the back. Right in the center of the bed between the two rear tires. How do you fix a leak? JB weld or replace the whole line?
 
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Old Dec 17, 2011 | 08:58 PM
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Im not trying to be an a** but I'm not sure I want to dignify that question with a response...lol. Replace the line.
 

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