<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Greetings Healeyphiles,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> After a long winter's rest, I drove my BJ8 for the first time this year and noticed immediately that I had to depress the brake pedal far down before braking began, but if I pumped the pedal a few times the brake pedal commenced functioning more promptly. This improvement was fleeting but reproducible. The brake fluid reservoir is topped off. What might be the cause and solution of this problem. Thanks for all help.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">rich antal</div></div></body></html>