i was driving one day and needed to stop abruptly to avoid an accident and my brake pedal just went straight to the floor, nearly died. i thought initially it was the brake pump, but then someone said maybe its the brake line, ran out of fluid or some shit, or maybe a (((squirrel))) chewed through it, because apparently that happens and happened to someone they knew.how would i tell the difference?i managed to get home somehow, but only because i live in the middle of nowhere. i only get the one tow from my insurance and if im gonna tow it i need to know if i can even afford to repair it first otherwise i gotta pay to tow it back and its just for nothing.so any way to determine this and get and get a good idea of the damage?
>>28912185trace all lines going from the master, look for any wet spots immediately around the line and connected components
>>28912193this happened like a year ago so thats a no go, i thought the car was finished. if its just a brake line tho, i might be able to fix it
The pedal going to the floor usually means a brake line burst. It happens. They rust. The first thing you do is - >>28912199The fuck man? You just let it sit for a year because of a blown brake line? It's not a hard fix. Just get it on a lift. You NEED it on a lift OP. You don't wanna be pissing around under the vehicle fora brake job, it makes it a lot hard and take a lot more time. Anyway fill the brake fluid resevoir, and pump the brakes to find out where it burst. If it's a line or a connection just make a new one. If it's a caliper just replace the caliper.
>>28912268the possibility there was a line hadnt occurred to me at the time. when it happened, i conceived it as being some bellows sort of mechanism or instrument, and as with a puncture or tear, no long could retain the air and thus was unable to draw air to pump the brakebut youre telling me it could be something else entirely, i can jack the car up. might even have brake fluid too. so if i apply it and nothing leaks, then what?
>>28912185Problem is its a ford
