hello and thank you for taking the time to read this

I have a 89 240 wagon which had the back brake pads really worn, sadly as I am budget conscious i needed to find a inexpensive way to resolve this. So i took a buddy up on his offer to help me change the pads.


however he mostly has worked on domestic cars and was apparently expecting to find flexible brake lines that would have allowed to pull the calipers and be able to have room to work with the new pads.

finding this not to be the case he started hedging and I (getting nervous) suggested that if he wasn't sure we should stop and I should figure something else out.


blah blah blah... anyways ultimately (and in fairness doing what the chilton's book said) we pulled the calipers off replaced the pads then bled the brakes

which went ok on the drivers side but when going to bleed the passengers side the brake failure light came on. Consulting the chiltons book it said to reset the warning valve by removing the switch and reinstalling it which we did and still brake failure light is on.


the brakes seem to be functioning ok but the light is on which is alarming... equally or perhaps more is that I did what I should have probably done in the first place and called out to the shop I usually go to, and they basically said well you are probably @#$%'ed now and may need a new warning valve $270~ish and maybe a new master cylinder and maybe god knows what else?????

do they have a boat payment coming up =p or am I royally screwed now?? as I mentioned I am budget conscious so I'm heart sick that my trying to learn something from a buddy (and save some money DIY'ing it) and a buddy trying to help has potentially turned into a total disaster

any advice or suggestions gladly accepted any mocking while possibly deserved not so much =p also till i get this fixed stay out of the way of any white 240 wagons you see in N County San Diego.