jv9999

I was vacuum bleeding the brakes on my '87 today. All was going well, did RR, LR, RF, then I got the LF... Brake fluid will not come out of that hose no matter what I do. I even pulled the line off the caliper and pulled a vacuum on it (using a motorized vacuum pump) and nothing. Pumped the pedal, no fluid. ABS pump blocking it?

Ah, and the booster is bad too. Won't hold a vacuum. Having fun!

hooked073

colasped hose would be a fast quess

DUB

Remove the rubber hose from the steel line...and see if fluid comes out...if it does...you have a bad hose.

DUB

pcolt94

A bad hose would really be a nice easy fix.

But if you do remove the flex hose and no fluid comes out, it's probably the ABS unit. There was a lot of clogged ABS units several years back as I remember.

jv9999

I hope it's as simple as a collapsed hose, but if it's like everything on this car it will be the worst possible cause :-)

It's a one owner car with 60K on it, but it's keeping me busy and constantly attacking my wallet.

vetteboy88

Realize this is several months old, but just wondering how you made out. I have the same issue with the RF caliper releasing very slowly. Foolishly, I threw parts at it before realizing it was the ABS pump. Have another issue with the abs after trying to remove a relay; it fried a wire in the harness. Was able to get a salvage one, but haven't installed it yet. Just wondering how your problem went....

jv9999

I managed to free the solenoid that was stuck, but honestly you're better off just finding a good pump.

barbedwiredave

How did you get it free?