I will guess that your front driver side brake caliper is leaking and has sludge internally. The mess you cleaned if likely leaked brake fluid. These can be rebuilt, but it is hard to get parts. The rear may have the same problems. Best, cheap plan is a good used caliper from the same model car. Be ...

All P80 calipers are the same, 280mm and 302mm rotors use the same calipers, but different mounting brackets. They also use different length flexi-hoses with the 302mm rotor caliper having longer flexi's. Volvolugnut has covered all the basis. Only addition would be the flexi hoses can collapse inte...

I don't see that you have checked for codes with a scanner. If you do not have a scanner, go to one of the chain auto parts stores and have them scan. WRITE down ALL the codes then try to clear them. Clearing is needed to turn off the check engine light. If the codes stay cleared for 100 miles or so...

There is a plastic one way valve in the booster. They do fail with age. Often they will give a soft pedal.

Can you borrow a pressure bleeder? If air gets stuck in the ABS pump it can be hard to move out.

Neil.

With a pressure bleeder you should be able to bleed through the caliper bleeders as normal Start at the furthest away rear one (RHR) and work forward from there. The pressure bleeder adds pressure to the brake fluid reservoir, no need to pump the brake pedal. One person operation, just make sure to ...

Abscate has a fleet of wagons, you seem to have a sedan. That rig will only work with the stock fore-and-aft rails, and fabricating the athwartship crossmembers. You seem to be looking for the cross roof bars that clamp under the drip rail ? Ah, yes, I completely overlooked that I would need factor...