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Originally Posted by gehunter
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I've put together a top 10 checklist of points I'm going to hit, listed in terms of decreasing desirability, to see if I can solve this myself. I'll keep you posted. Here's the list:
1. Power the car (I do have ABS). In theory it is working, no reason not to
2. Overfill main reservoir so that it flows to the rear, I had no clue about that.
3. Incline car facing slightly uphill/ Gravity bleed the system/ light pumping action (again, no clue about that trick)
4. If that doesn’t work, get a better power bleeder (mine is rather wimpy, might have to turn to the “pros” for that)
5. I’ll double check the calipers, just in case I’ve lost my mind and done something completely bass-ackwards
6. Get a new master cylinder, install it
7. Get a new brake booster, install it
8. Hire a voodoo priestess
9. Sacrifice a chicken/ sell soul to satan (see law of diminishing returns)
10. Buy a Toyota (kidding)
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Well number 10 isn't a bad choice in my opinion, and number 8 could be fun for a different reason...
...the only thing that concerns me is that it sounds like you are about to chuck a lot of money at the car. In my experience that is usually just expensive and it doesn't necessarily solve the problem.
Just try the power bleeder you've got first - then you only waste some brake fluid if it doesn't work.