Brake Question
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Brake Question
I am the second owner of a 1986 corvette, bought it two years ago this coming August. for the past two winters the car has been stored in a heated classic car storage. this year when I picked up the car I noticed the brake fluid reservoir was empty. I picked some fluid up, filled, checked for leaks on the ground and found none......took car home. the car sat for about 2 weeks and I noticed the reservoir was empty again with nothing visual on my floor. I decided to check each caliper and bled the system at the same time. I waited another 24 hours and rechecked and the fluid had dropped 1/4" where is the fluid going to, I can not find any visual leaks. any help for this newbie much appreciated!!
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this area is completely dry, after another two days the level has dropped another 1/2" and rubber diaphragm was expanded. I neglected to say that when I did bleed the brakes, the right rear never seemed to get all the air out of the line........maybe brake line has a small leak but not dripping?
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this area is completely dry, after another two days the level has dropped another 1/2" and rubber diaphragm was expanded. I neglected to say that when I did bleed the brakes, the right rear never seemed to get all the air out of the line........maybe brake line has a small leak but not dripping?
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well I found the brake lines a bit damp right behind the left front wheel, so I'm assuming there is a small split in one of the lines. looks like there are four tubes, but I only see two from master cylinder, correct? best place to purchase individual line? thanks
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looks like Black89Z51 & Robert Perkins hit the nail on the head, although I removed the master cylinder and found that there is some fluid from the back of the MC coming out. I also saw a 1/2" slotted hole under the MC and it looks like fluid has been coming out or had run down. not sure I'm seeing what I would think a typical seal would be. on MC or booster? 
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Brake Question
I received a new master cylinder a couple of weeks ago and finally installed it last Sunday. now I'm finding that the brake pedal is hard as a rock. I did some internet searching and looked for anything obvious, but no help. something simple I'm missing?