Originally Posted by MrChad
If you have pitting (corrosion) it'll most likely need replaced sorry...
How do you bleed brakes without going to the floor? This worked fine for me.
What I read suggests that you only press the pedal halfway down when bleeding an old master cylinder. I guess this would take longer....
The smart way is to spend 30 bucks on a friggin' vacuum hand pump. As many brake jobs as I've done I can't belive I havn't bought one by now.
BTW, what would the "funny idle when brakes die" symptom have meant, had that been the problem?