my brakes are out......need help

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Dec 22, 2004 | 07:47 PM

90tbi305

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From: Hialeah/Mia.

Car: 1990 350 tbi l98,

Engine: 5.7 tbi

Transmission: t5

my brakes are out......need help

Well i was getting of the high way about 30 minutes ago and when i went to press the brake it just went all the way down. I have no idea what it is. please help..

Dec 22, 2004 | 08:19 PM

92 zzz28

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From: Jacksonville, NC

Car: Guess

Engine: Crazy 8

Transmission: So close to being a manual I can taste it

They must have come back or else you would be posting this from HELL!!!!!

If the pedal just feel straight to the floor without warning I would start to think that you have had a terrible fluid leak. Like a wheel cylinder blowing out. Or else I would think a hose or line blew open. If the pedal went to the floor and then you pumped it back up and they worked fine after that I would think its the master cylinder...

Give a little more info about its symtoms and how you got the car to stop...

Dec 22, 2004 | 08:33 PM

crazy3rdgen

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From: Long Neck, De

Car: 2002 SS

Engine: Ls1

Transmission: T56

Axle/Gears: 3:42 posi

yea it sounds like u lost pressure in the lines/line.. i would think a leak aswell..look it all over and check ur brake fluid

Dec 23, 2004 | 02:12 PM

Tremo

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From: San Jose, CA, USA

Car: 88 IROC-Z - original owner!

Engine: LB9 with K&Ns, MSD, Foil, Taylor

Transmission: WC T-5

Axle/Gears: BW 9-bolt, 3.45 posi

I see you put on Earl's steel hoses. Maybe something went wrong there and you lost your fluid?

Don't drive the car until this is fixed. Very dangerous.