showcrop
Well-known Member
I lost my brakes on my Escape in the yard Monday. Yesterday AM I got it up on stands and found that the problem was just a ruptured rubber line in front. Easy enough, so I went and picked up two and some brake fluid. I had no problems swapping them out until it was time to bleed them. One bleeder was covered with a soft plastic cover that had been holding salt brine in for ten years. The flats for putting a wrench on were rusted away, and there was no moving it. The other side had no cover but it was seriously rusted in as well. So I had to get new calipers and pads, then go through bleeding. Something else to add to the oil change list.