On 28 Nov 2003 03:19:42 GMT, skyscotty@aol.com (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...

I had this happen when a rear brake drum cylinder sprung a leak. It
bled fine, and I didn't even see fluid until I opened up the drum.

Nate