1978 mustang brake fluid resevoir

[evan9381]

ok, last night i had to help a friend change the brakes in her 78 mustang. what a bitch. well, we went to bleed the lines, and the fluid coming out was 100% black. making me assume the fluid needs changed badly. what i need to know is what kind of fluid do i need, and where the hell is the brake fluid resevoir. im so used to helping out and working on my own import, i pop the hood to this thing and im like WTF. anyone able to help me out w/ those 2 things?

[desperado]

DOT3 fluid.... like everything else. Crack open all four bleeders and pour fluid into the resevoir until it comes out of the bleeders clear

[evan9381]

ok, i have some DOT-3 fluid...where is the resevoir in these things? i think i found it, on the drivers side, near the rear, it looks like its seperated into 2 sections, but whatever is in there looks like oil (no, its not where the oil goes in)

[Akula]

You found it. It should have been capped with a big cover with a wire holding it on. The two chambers are a safety thing, one puts fluid into a front and a rear tire, that way a leak in the system will not drain all of the fluid. This fluid should be clear, open the bleeders and pour it in. I would go with the rear passenger first (largest amount of fluid) and work your way around.

 

The Res. should look like this but probably very dirty.

 

http://www.kanter.com/p07-mc.html

[evan9381]

yeah, looks close enough to that. thanks for the help guys