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Having owned several 240's over the years, last one sold with tears in 2005, I saved a friends car from being scrapped a few months ago. After solving minor issues such as broken bonnet hinges and the exhaust, I discovered that the car is basically very healthy with only minor cosmetic rust.
The brakes needed some attention though, showing signs of very heavy corrosion on all calipers and the front rotors. The brake pedal was low but not soft(couple of inches pedal travelling before engaging), and I hoped that this would be remedied with replacement of all 4 calipers, new pads and front rotors.
Unfortunately the pedal is still low after the replacement, though the brakes are very smooth and firm. The job included repeated bleeding following the handbook. I'm pretty sure that air in the system is nonexistent, thus this is not the cause for the still low pedal.
I've searched several threads without finding precise indications on what to do next. I thought some adjustment between the pedal and the master cylinder/servo could do the trick, but I see some people strongly disrecommend to tamper with this linkage. My main suspect from some threads is that the rubber hoses might have started to flex, causing a lower brake pedal. Before starting to replace these, have anyone had the same experience, above all that replacement of old brake hoses have given a 'higher' brake pedal as result? Grateful for all good advice!
Ola/Norway
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