Changed brake pads in front of my 1997 Ford taurus SHO and now the brake pedal goes all the way down?

well my dad changed the brake pads on my car in front and then the car was working fine but after a while the pedal went all the way to the floor. i went to go and get the rear brake pads changed with a mechanic and they told me it might be the master cylinder or i need to bleed the brakes. If i bleed the brakes what is the right way to do it manually i heard you have to do each tire in order or somthing.......
Changed brake pads in front of my 1997 Ford taurus SHO and now the brake pedal goes all the way down?
yeah you do it it order.you always start with the side of the vehicle that is furthest away from your master cylinder.In your case probably start with the right rear tire,then the left rear,followed by the front right and then the front left.It does NOT take 2 people to do this.You can buy a small kit that consists of a bottle with a hose in it.You use this to bleed the brakes yourself without any help.It will look like this--

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You can get this little bottle at your local auto parts store and it easy to use and very cheap.You can also make your own.I use this little kit with the bottle all the time and it works just fine when doing it by myself!

Good luck.
Changed brake pads in front of my 1997 Ford taurus SHO and now the brake pedal goes all the way down?
don't mess with brakes if you aren't sure - they're too important - go to a brake shop
Bleeding the brakes will likely be a waste of your time. I think this is going to be a master cylinder problem.
bleed the brakes starting with the wheel farthest from the master cylinder then move to the 1 just closer then the next until you get to front drivers side wheel
If you went to a mechanic why didnt you get it done there?
refill and bleed the system... and YES when you bleed you have to do all 4 points.. not just 2...then go from there... (I dont know how but you likely have air.. I think yer not telling us the whole story somehow...)



If you use a pressure bleeder you can do all 4 at once though but I doubt you have one of those.. most people dont...
Jack!!!! You left some hose or line open and You lose the fluid.

find the leak(obvious, soak in oil, area) and fix it, then bleed the system.
Check the fluid level in the fluid reservoir first.



If you do bleed the brakes, and you do all 4 wheels. start with the pass. side rear, then driver side rear, then pass. side front, then driver side front.



I just did a 4 wheel brake job on my truck Friday and had to bleed all 4 wheels. You will need some one in the vehicle to pump the pedal. Have them hold the pedal down while you open the bleeder valve,



DO NOT LET THEM RELEASE THE PEDAL UNTIL YOU TIGHTEN THE VALVE BACK. VERY IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!! Do this on all 4 wheels and you should be good to go.
each brake has to be bled while someone pumps the gas peddle one two three hold while holding you release the air in the breakline until you get a steady stream of break fluid do this on each tire make sure you have a jar or something to catch the brake fluid
if they worked fine before you did any work on them then the problem is the last thing you messed with 99% of the time. Have a certified mechanic check the problem. brakes are no thing to mess with if you dont know what you are doing in the first place. and this is especially true on the newer cars like yours. it could have anti lock brakes and the computer needs attention or it is something he did when he changed them out. i am a profesional mechanic with thirty five years of knowledge , so trust me i know.get someone that knows what they are doing.
did you pump the brakes back up?when you push the caliper piston back in,you have to pump them up to get the piston back out.
I dont think bleeding the breaks will do you any good. Usually when the break pedal hits the floor it is a master cylinder. When the break pedal is to hard normally needs a break booster.