If you air-hydraulic unit is about to fail it will behave like this.
The diaphram is leaking and the fluid is going past it and filling the
secondary (air) compartment. You need to replace it soon or suffer this
fate once again.
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "sandman9" <sandman9@optonline.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 11:00 PM
Subject: [MV] Brake Problem
> Today I started my M35 after letting it sit for about a month. Drove it
down
> the street to the end, were there is a stop sign, applied the brakes and
the
> pedal went to the floor and pumped and pumped and there was nothing,(thank
> god there was nobody coming) drove around the block pumping the pedal. Got
> back to my house and rolled to a stop, shut the truck off. A couple of
hours
> later, open the master cyl, fluid ok, pumped the pedal again and rite to
the
> floor again. Cleaned the cap and put it back on. Started the truck, let
the
> air build up and had a good pedal. Has anybody had this problem? Or can
> tell me what the problem is?
> John Peterson
> MVPA# 20905
>
>
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