I think you've got it, it sounds like your master cylinder has gone bad.
Those goes for about $40 at autozone with core. I'm not sure how much it is
for an OE one but I've never had any problems with parts that I've bought
from autozone or advance autoparts. Others may disagree and opt for the
higher OE parts.


"W. Scott Watson" <skyscotty@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031127221942.28460.00001052@mb-m14.aol.com...
> Hi,,,wonder if anyone had any ideas..My daughter has a 94 civic, every
once in
> a while the brakes basically fail...She said that she pushes the brake
peddle
> to the floor and nothing happens... She hits them a couple of more times
and
> they start working. I bled the brakes yesterday and got no air out of the
> lines and pumped them through till I got nice clean fluid. Test drove
with no
> problems...Later the same thing happened.. THe car has what looks like a
new
> Master cylinder. I am going to replace the Master cylinder nonetheless,
unless
> anyone else has any ideas...Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> Scott in Florida
> Scott Watson
> D-19166 BJDS#5
> SL and IAD JM and I
>
> The closest I ever got to a 4.0 in college was my blood alcohol content.
>