[Jimbro727]

UPDATE: I took the M/C off to bench bleed again. While I had it off, I took a look at the booster rod length - it looks fine. I also pressed the pedal all the way down and measured how far the rod comes out of the booster. That length is also roughly the same as how far I can manually push the piston in the M/C.

I bench bled the master, and got some bubbles. I kept getting small bubbles out of the front reservoir if I let it sit for a few minutes, then bled again. I decided to bolt it on, but leave the hoses attached to the two ports and running back in to the reservoirs. I then pumped the pedal, and the rear reservoir was fine, no bubbles whatsoever, but very small bubbles kept coming out of the front port. When I pressed the brake pedal all the way down and held it there, little bubbles would continue coming out of the front port for a few seconds. I kept pumping to try to bleed that air out, but I couldn't get to the point where there were no bubbles.

I decided to hook the lines back up, bleed the system, and see if there was a change. While I was bleeding the rears, I also adjusted the shoes so that they make a good amount of contact with the drums (I'd have to tap the drum with a mallet to get it off). Either the bleeding or the rear adjustment caused the pedal to be a LOT more stiff when the engine isn't running. It feels exactly as it should - so tough that I feel as though I might break the pedal if I press it all the way down - but it still goes down, just with a lot of force.

Unfortunately, with the engine running, the pedal is still feather light, and I'm still having the exact same problem. The car doesn't stop until the brake pedal is almost completely on the floor.

What do you guys think? Bad M/C? I'm pretty sure I covered all of my bases. I pressure bled the brakes for a l-o-n-g time, there's no air in the lines.