W. Scott Watson wrote:
>
> 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.
remember the problem with the pedal going to the floor is spring related
and it is caused by the heat relationship to the brake springs being old
and the heat go to the metal... so if the car is cold and it works ok
then it will not show the signs of the springs loosing tension......
just had to add this,, hope it helps.