Working Man's Burbon

[HO455]

It's official! I've gone from, out of coupons, to just plain bad luck!
I've put fifty or so miles on the WMB and while the brakes worked, the pedal feel wasn't great and it seemed to be getting worse so I parked it until I got a day off to check things out.

When that day came I popped the hood and immediately noticed that there was brake fluid everywhere. UHGGGG! So I had the wife step on the brakes while I watched for the source of fluid. It only took one pump of the pedal to see fluid spraying out of the fitting at the inlet to the front brake circuit residual valve. I initially thought the fitting had somehow backed out but when I put a wrench on it it just fell apart.

Fortunately I had a spare fitting in the horde. Once it was replaced I bled the brakes again but i didn't achieve any real change in the pedal feel. To say the least I'm getting fairly frustrated with this! At this point the only part that hasn't been replaced is the distribution block. So my next step will be to take it out of the system and see what happens.

The other exciting part of all this is most of the paint on inner fender well is now bubbling up and the alternator was soaked with brake fluid. I'm hoping that my washing everything down with the garden hose will be enough to keep the alternator alive.