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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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I have a 86 f150 4x4 4.9l 4 sp, no brakes.
was driveing to get my son from school and pulled in to parking lot and pedel went right to floor no stopping i rolled about 30 feet till i was abel to hit e brake. what gives??? dont see any leaks removed the master cover fluid ok replace the cover strted truck pumped a few times have pedel???????about 1/2 down road no breaks??????????? any ideas.....got to house looked at all wheels no leaks checked master fluid good??????????????????help
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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Did you try bleeding them, might have a pocket of air in the hose. If you did you might have to get new rotors up front, you might of got the front disc shaved down to much.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 04:22 PM
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Last time that happened to me it turned out to be the master cylinder deciding to retire while heading down a hill (strangely enough while I was carrying a bedload of parts to mod that particular truck!)
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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I 2nd the master cylinder diagnosis. Happened to me, 1 stoplight everything is fine, next light pedal goes to the floor with dash brake warning light on. Luckily I was only a couple of blocks from home and could use the parking brake to stop.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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thanks guys it sure did make me have to clean my pants, it was the master cyl 15.00 at auto zone
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