Eugene:

I know about pressure and vacumn loss scenerios, but the engine was idling fine. I did the routine automatically with the pumping and only went after the transmission change when no effect was noticable.

Last time I had a complete brake failure even approaching this magnitude was in a 1965 Plymouth Valiant station wagon which at that time had only one line from the master cylinder supplying all four brakes. Developed a leak and lost all fluid and all brakes. I was lucky on that one also in that I was at stop light just starting to accelerate when I touched the brake for some reason and felt it go to the floor. That time I stopped with the parking brake which was hand operated. Drove home that time almost two miles with nothing but the hand brake.

Somebody up there is crazy about me or else they have been sleeping when it was time to collect me and take me home.

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