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Thanks all for the brainstorming. In the end I think PanteraDoug was probably spot on about air in the Master and my vacuum pump not able to pull it through. I couldn't get the wife to sit in the car and pump the pedal, so I tried it myself. Last problem bleed was the passenger front. So I opened the passenger front bleeder very slightly, went to the drivers seat and pushed the brake pedal down as far as I could with about a 2 foot long piece of scrap wood and lodged the other end of wood against a long plank wedged against the bottom of the seat (protecting everything with a lot of towels of course). While pressure was still on the brake with the wood, I went to the passenger bleeder to open it a bit more and fluid/bubbles came through, and then I tightened the bleeder again. Then I did the same process with the wood bleeding three more times and pure fluid finally came through the bleeder on the second try. Third push was just for good measure. Just test drove the car and all is fine now. I assume the pressure bleeder may have worked too, and may pick up one of those anyway. I never knew retirement would keep me this busy.
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