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So, this past week I've been dealing with brake issues on my car (95 LTC, not that it matters). While stopped, my brake pedal sank about an inch then held firm. My first guess was: Low fluid. Checked it. Nope. So, Googling provided a plausible answer: Some seals inside the master cylinder were going bad that controlled something about the crossover for the independent something or others. Like opposite corner wheels are separated and if one goes low pressure the other kicks in better or something like that. Anyhow, what they described with the brake pedal action matched my experience. Hit it hard and it was fully firm to a full stop, but let off pressure and then back down and it'd sink that extra amount. And the just sitting stopped and suddenly it'd sink matched. So, to further complicate my life (and give me a frightful scare) a brake line broke sometime on the way home. (Might've been the only problem, but I didn't know this part till I put the new MC in.) I realized the problem a couple feet from the house. I didn't react fast enough for plan B. The house, however withstood the 3 ish mph impact with minor damage. The grill and whatever all the shroud around the lights and grill is called didn't fair so well. I bought a new master cylinder, a jug of Dot 3, and watched a how-to vid. All the bolts and connections involved are rusty. I sprayed them with WD 40 every couple hours for 3 days (except while sleeping or working) and wire brushed the exposed threads on the two big ones. I bench bled the thinger like the vid showed and then installed it. Today I finally gathered the other parts. So now it's time to deal with the brake line. The crack is on the one a bit above the other 4 and it goes to the block under the master cylinder. (Two lines from the MC go to the lower block too.) Anyhow, it goes up and does some loop-d-loops before it connects to said block. I've learned that's called a Tension Relief Coil. I've bought the brake line pipe, a bender tool, and a little pipe cutter. Tips I've learned via vids are to lubricate the curvy parts of the bender. (I have white lithium grease on hand, so that's prolly my best.) And to use stiff wire to mock up the path the real tube needs to go. Edit: Progress update. I've got the old one off to use as my guide. It has more twists and turns than an epileptic rattlesnake. Ok, not that bad, but still intimidating. I am fairly well mechanically inclined. Any tips y'all can think of that'd help me? Oh, and before you suggest I post on some car repair site for a quicker or better answer, please realize I'm ready to go at it with just what I feel I've learned. I'm posting here cause it's my new home and I was wondering if anyone here would care to comment.
