We bought a 1984 245 for Lemons (for $425). Didn’t run or drive. Did some work to get it running and driving, and decided to replace all the brake hoses. Brakes were fine before we did that, but we have not been able to get a good pedal since. We are ready to roll this heap off a cliff…

We tried two different bleeding processes. One we found in the factory manual which has us opening all three bleeders on the front calipers at once and another 8-step process that has us opening one bleeder at a time in an seemingly odd order.

We tried pressure bleeding, and we tried pumping. We are also getting the Brake Failure light, which suggests Octopus problems. We tried to re-set the octopus, which we did once successfully, and cannot get it yo re-set again.

I think we understand the two-circuit system pretty well, but cannot get a good pedal since changing the hoses. We are gonna start replacing parts — brake master and octopus — unless somebody can offer some suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

—Bill