The good weather put me in the mood to do a few simple jobs needing doing on the car. One of them was to have the other half press the brake pedal whilst I listened under the bonnet...
So with the engine off, the pedal does go stiffish, but you can squeeze it with a few inches of pedal travel. Standing next to the master cylinder/servo I can hear a groaning /wheezing sound - that would suggest air in the master cylinder to me?
A good local garage spent several hours trying to bleed the brakes (and only charged me for one bless them) and the brakes are no better
So I am at a bit of a loss at the mo and the car is only good for low speed local journeys - I simply wouldn't drive it on a motorway, the brakes are that weak
Any further thoughts?
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