'96 chevy astro awd...
yesterday wife was heading to the store... hit the stoppers and the pedal went to the floor... nothing happend... she ended up blowing a red light... thankfuly it was late and no one was around... she ended up using the e=brake to slow down and get safely home...
went out to look at it when she got home and yup the pedal sunk to the floor... couldn't find a flashlight so nothing else I could do... this morning I verified it... yup empty brake resovoure... it's a Michigan van so I expected one of the lines may have cracked or rusted... or a cut hose... no nicks or cuts in the hoses (and replaced in the last year along with rotors, pads, calipers) but I found fresh brake fluid dripping along the front cross member... I assume it cracked the line that runs across there
I know I need to go pick up a shop manual before I do this but how much work am I looking at to get down to this line?... am I going to be better off rolling my own line or buying a factory replacement (figure it'll be a lot cheaper rolling my own)
any insight? thanks mark
PS on the plus side... this gives me a good excuse to buy a vac brake bleeder :)
