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re: tii Brake Pulling

          Michael,
               	    Let me second Fred Beck's post on the flexible brake 
          hoses being the problem. My '73 3.0s had the brake hoses pretty 
          much plugged, I discovered this when I was rebuilding the car & a 
          rebuilt caliper I had just put on would not bleed, only a pathetic 
          trickle of fluid would come out of each bleed nipple (FYI: there 
          are 3 bleed nipples on each caliper on these, and 2 lines to each 
          caliper, thus 2 flexible hoses). After going crazy trying to figure 
          out what was wrong, having already replaced: both front calipers, 
          master cylinder, all (I mean ALL) steel brake pipes, I finally 
          pulled the hoses & tried to run a small welding rod through. They 
          were plugged. I replaced all the flexible hoses (all 6 of them) and 
          that cured the problem.
          
          Hope this helps
          
          Colin         WA1KWA
          
          bracec@domain.elided
          
          73 3.0s
          74 MGB
          89 SAAB 9000S