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Question: Brake line replaceing

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sil4u2, 4.0L V6, Brooklyn, MD, May 31, 2011, 10:47

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when i backed the car up about 70 ft then drove forward i didn't have any brakes there was a air sound comming from under the hood at first from the brake booster then the next day the fluid had leaked out from the rear line on the drivers side and when i push the peddle in it goes all the way down to the floor and all the fluid is gone now. should i replace the brake booster and the lines (also the truck had been seating for over 6mths before i bought it) at the same time and what should i do first. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  overbys from Overbys Inc, May 31, 2011, 11:09
  

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  to start, just replace the part that is leaking. once that is done, bleed all the air out of the brake lines and then
  see if the booster is okay. the noise you heard may be normal.
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