2000 Mercury Villager brake locked up

2000 MERCURY VILLAGER
79,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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KENNYT1970
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Lf brake locked up to the point of burning up pads I replaced both calipers and left brake hose still the Lf is not releasing when applied, all other wheels are fine I can open the bleeder and there will shoot out a stream of fluid(with a little pressure) and wheel will spin free but then when I apply the brakes it will not release unless I open the bleeder. There is a valve on master cylinder like a proportion valve and I can open the line there and it free's the Lf brake also, if I open the other line on back of m/c it stays locked. This car does have abs and the two m/c lines go into the abs pump valve( I assume) which transfers to all the wheels which are marked lf lr rr rf etc. I took of that proportion valve and it is very hard to blow through it but I assumed both front wheels would be locked if that was bad because it feeds the front brakes I assume Please help if you can. ps I rechecked caliper and I can push it in by hand when off of car but I have to release air bleeder to push it in on car, it has pressure on it I can tell keeping it from going back in
Apr 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM
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PAPCRITER
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Hi, I have a 95 villager and I replaced the left front calibur and hose, then the ABS unit, the wheel still hang up and got real hot. I went to a mechanic and we looked at it togather and found and replace the master cylinder. It runs fine now. Hope this might help.
Jun 27, 2009 at 5:01 PM
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FSERVILLON
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I have the same problem with my 1999 villager.
I found out the 2 brake wheel cylinder in the rear wheels were bad. Rear pistons were not retracting. I found these after trying everything like replacing the ABS, MC, hose etc.
It made sense to me that with ABS system all brake components should properly.
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:11 AM
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