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MG MGA - MGA MK II 1600 Brakes

I have changed brake lines and bled the brakes, if I pump the brake pedal it is hard and feels great, when I let off of it and then reapply the brakes the pedal goes to the floor…is this a master cylinder problem?…before I replaced the brake lines I had a dragging brake but I discovered I had a leaking flexible line, I replaced all of them and one of the solid lines, before starting this the brakes felt fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tony Stefater
Tony Stefater

Tony - are you losing any brake fluid - is the level going down in the MC?

- Ken
KR Doris

The pedal should be hard without having to pump it. It could be that you have air in the system somewhere.
I would first try bleeding it thoroughly once again. If you can use or borrow an eezibleed system, that may help as it sometimes will push trapped air out more easily.
Graham V

This thread was discussed between 14/09/2020 and 15/09/2020

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