Gary,
In your case the fluid was there in the reservoir all the time. This
has happened to me also, but my brake pedal was stuck in the up
position until I forced it down with my foot. The petal stayed at the
floor until I lifted it up. Then I pumped it a couple of times and it
worked fine. The car sat for 7 years in my garage due to an illness
that I had. I had rebuilt the entire brake system back in 1988 and used
silicone (DOT 5.0) brake fluid. IMHO I believe that the brake booster/
master cylinder became stuck due to none use in my case. I did not have
to add any silicone brake fluid the reservoir was full.
Greg Perry
Gary Fluke wrote:
>Rob,
>
>The same thing happened to me about six months ago. I got in the car and
>the brake pedal went to the floor. All of a sudden (it seemed) I had no
>brake fluid in the reservoir. I had stupidly pumped the pedal a number of
>times before I checked the fluid level so I got air into the system and
>resigned myself to the fact that I would have to bleed the system. Before I
>got around to it the pedal came back up to normal and the brakes have been
>working fine ever since, and the reservoir level is at the top, just like it
>normally has been since I bought the car over 2-1/2 years ago. I see no
>signs of a leak. Where did the fluid go, the servo housing?
>
>
>Gary
>'73
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Ozium8221@aol.com>
>To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:39 PM
>Subject: brake fluid
>
>
>>Just took my 75 TR6 for a spin on wed. here in NY.,and my brake fluid was
>>
>on
>
>>empty with no visable signs of a leak.Is this common for the fluid to
>>
>somehow
>
>>evaporate or something when the car is not driven for an extended period
>>
>of
>
>>time(2-3 weeks)
>>
>>thanks for your input
>>rob.....NY
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