I totaly understand we're your coming from.. Like everyone else said, throw the cover on it and enjoy the holidays. Brake systems are fairly easy at troubleshooting, if you have a leak and its not visible, it only leaves a few places, bad master cylinder internally, any of the junction blocks where lines interconnect, cracked (aged) rubber lines, or just an old rusty line with a pinhole. Walk away from it, and when the mood hits, have someone sit in the car and just push on the brake pedal while you just look around. If you don't find it, cover it back up till the mood hits again.. Sort of like reverse trial and error... Patience is the key, if everybody could do it, everybody would have one..
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