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Thanks @Brian Lindsey I have read that driving and then slamming on the brakes a few places. Unfortunately i live in the city and on a hill so the initial figuring out if my brakes will stop the truck when i pull out of my garage has me a little hesitant. from all my research im leaning towards either i just suck at bleeding the brakes or air in the ABS which might need the computer to fully get out. Luckily i do have a mechanic shop just around the corner from me that i went and talked to so might just have to suck up my DIY mechanic skills on this one and get it to him to be safe and stop throwing wrenches which has become a new hobby. I didn't think it would be the brake bleeding that would take me out after everything i have replaced on this truck haha

@Brian Lindseythanks! I had actually just found this method yesterday right after posting. I probably bled that little thing about 50 times before fluid actually started coming out. (As long as the video I saw was doing it right) hold down the little pin in the middle and push brake. Finally brake fluid started coming out. But the brake still goes to floor when truck is on. Not sure how many times I should do the ABS bleed.. I bled all the brakes again and at this point pumped more than a gallon of brake fluid through it. Any idea how to know if I bled the ABS enough? thanks for responding!

Hi All, Hoping someone here can help me because i am at a loss at this point. My brake pedal gets nice and stiff when the truck is of but as soon as i turn the truck on it goes to the floor with no to little pressure. Here is what i have done that started this whole problem 1. replaced the rear drums and wheel cylinders. After this i bled the brakes and messed up and let air into the front of the master cylinder resevoir (rear brake section) so i then was extremely careful not to let that happen again bled the brakes to get air out and bench bled the master cylinder. Again no air came out at the wheels, brake got stiff with truck off and then when started pedal goes to the floor. 2. I replaced the master cylinder with a brand new one and bench bled the new one and re-bled all the brakes for the 100th time and turn on the truck and again pedal goes to the floor. I read that the power brake booster will cause the pedal to be stiff and hard to push not soft so i feel like it is working but not positive.. Also when i push the brake in the engine runs fine.. doesn't seem to want to die which i also read was a sign of a vacuum leak. No leaks that i see anything under the truck and its been sitting in my garage while i work on it for 2 weeks so it would have been noticeable i have read that could be the ABS that needs bled but that it requires a special scanner to do that. Any info would be helpful if anyone has dealt with this before. EVERYTHING was working just fine before this (aside from needing rear brakes replaced) the brake pedal was working fine (for one of these old trucks at least)