On Apr 25, 1:11*pm, "1D10T" wrote:
"Limp Arbor" wrote in message

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As was already said you most likely have a leak or a bad master
cylinder. *The seals in a master cylinder can go without showing a
leak. *Top off the fluid and *gently* pump the pedal to see if you get
improvement.

A 'bypass' leak of the internal cups in the MC will cause the described
symptoms. Instead of pressurizing the lines/cylinders it will simply cause
the fluid to re-circulate within the MC.

You can most often hear it squishing in there as well. The medical
people would call that a bruit.

I don't know what the big deal is. in college I drove one of my Minis
a week with just a parking brake till a part came in.