brake system problem

Posted by missedgear On 2014/5/20 13:51:30

just reading post by WauhopM i was out in my 55 clipper constellation at the weekend and a similar problem occured my brakes were working fine then all of a sudden the brake pedal was going further to the floor, my brakes were still working but after pressing the pedal 4 or 5 times it was flat down, if i lifted the pedal back up i had brakes again so had to keep repeating this prosess ( and using the hand brake) to get home. living in scotland means i dont have anywhere local to service it. i see i can get a rebuild kit but not sure what to do about this as most people on the forum recomend sending them to a specialist. i have not taken the master cylinder off as yet i just checked to see if it was still full of fluid ( whitch it is ) packardV8 suggested cleaning the compensator valve ! is this something you can do with the unit in place ? or will the whole thing have to come out. thanks Jamie