List,

On the way to work this morning, I stomped on the brake peddle, and rather
than offering the smooth, steady, reassuring firmness of a functioning
system, it is nothing short of mush.  Peddle was mush, with no stopping
effort, to a certain point, about half-way thru the distance between
normal, at rest position, and the floor.  It hesitated, like hitting some
kind of stop, then pushed past thru until I could feel the brakes - only
the fronts, based on a seat-of-the-pants evaluation - grabbed, and rather
poorly at best.  Oh, yeah, the dashboard brake light, above the headlight
switch, is on - like the hand break is engaged.

From the feel of things, replacing pads, drums, rotors, calipers, wheel
cylinders, may not cure the problem.  I'm only going to have one shot at
repairing this between now and BBTT next weekend.  Thoughts and guidence
welcomed, encouraged, and really appreciated.

Alan Bosch
& Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
Rochester, NY