i've got an '08 exploder v6 2wd. it came in with mushy-no brake pedal. Since it is my bosses boss car my idiot boss diagnosed this with worn brakes. Tore it down and replaced calipers, pads and rotors against my better judgement.
pads were worn and the rotors ok, the calipers are fine.

so now i cannot get this damn thing to firm up. I've suspected from the start it was the master cyl. Changed that this morning and power bled the system. Still no pedal.

Mitchell on demand gave me the procedure for manual and power bleeding along with bleeding the abs via the scan tool. Followed it to the T and still no pedal. The only thing i cant do is power bleed at the suggested 30-50lbs..the shop one only goes to 15-20lbs.

So any ideas?

 

Well, are you sure this Explorer ever had a good brake pedal? I was never able to get what I considered a good brake pedal on my 2004 Aviator. I bled using the 2-person approach, tried with a 1-way valve, used a Mity-Vac, flushed the system, used my scan tool to flush and bleed the ABS system, bought a Phoenix reverse bleeder, replaced the master cylinder, but still never got what I considered a good pedal. But, when driving the truck the brakes stopped just fine. The only real issue was the feel of the pedal. Even my dad said the pedal felt soft but he agreed the brakes worked fine. He retired 15 years ago after being a lifelong mechanic/technician/shop owner.

So maybe it's just the nature of the brake feel on this Explorer as well. Have you (carefully) taken it for a drive to see if the brakes otherwise work fine?

-Rod