<div dir="auto">If you are getting air in the system after sitting for a while, I would check for loose brake bleeders or brake lines</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 21 May 2025 at 8:42 AM, JSARCH via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-8490970007811005964WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The brakes need to bleed because there is air in the brake lines. First, check the slave and master cylinders to see if you can see any fluid leaks. Bleed each slave cylinder making sure not to introduce any air at the nipple. If the problem persists you will need to rebuild the cylinders. There are kits do that and it is not difficult. The hardest task is to remove and reinstall the master cylinder.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">John,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">’62 BT7<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-8490970007811005964WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Antal via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2025 1:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Brake pedal problem<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Greetings Healeyphiles,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">rich antal<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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