[DeTomaso] NO REAR BRAKES MANGUSTA / Dick Ruzzin

[Dickruzzindesign at aol.com]

Maybe someone can give me some advice on this one before I go forward.

I have installed new flexible brake hoses and the neat little bleeders with 
check valves.

I bled the front brakes, there was a lot of air in both systems as a result 
of the hose replacement on all four calipers. 

Did a lot of pumping of the brake pedal, I could feel something when the 
pedal went about two-thirds of the way down, there was also a noise. This happened 
every time I pumped the pedal.

The pedal is up now after the bleeding of the fronts, the front fluid is 
clear of air.
I went to the rear, No fluid came out of the left rear caliper when I pumped 
the pedal with the bleeder open. 
I checked the fluid in the bottles, all were full. I thought the new hose 
might be blocked so went to the right rear. 

No fluid. I opened the brake pipe at the rear T connection coming directly 
from the master cylinder, no fluid to the rear.

Obviously something happened to the rear master cylinder while the pedal was 
being pumped.

I took the cover off the pedal box, no leaking fluid either there or on the 
floor under the pedals.

Any one ever experience this, any theories?

Thanks for the help.

Dick Ruzzin


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