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When I clamped off the brake lines, the pedal was very hard which was a good sign. I was especially pleased when I removed the rear clamps and I still had a solid pedal at that piont. The front calipers did have some air in them which I bled out up until the final brake line where the MC went south and I lost the pedal again.
After a few phone calls and weighing my options, I decided to have the car towed to the repair shop to finish the job because my wife needs the car back. When I looked at how much of my time and effort was being spent trying to fix the car plus the added expense of the rental car, parts & brake fluid, plus time and gas running to the parts store, it then became more cost effective to have it towed to the repair shop.
If we had another car for my wife to drive and I had more time to spend working on the Volvo, I would have stayed with it until the end, but I was forced to draw the line and cut my losses on this one. It's embarrassing to have a car towed from you own garage, especially when the neighbors know you've been working on it but I felt that I had reached the drop dead point and needed the car fixed.
When I get the car back, I'll let you know what they did to fix it.
DeWayne
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