By the way- after talking with a neighbor who was a mechanic for 30 years, I'm almost sure it is the hose. He described a similar situation with a brake hose that he dealt with back in the drum brake days. A car kept coming back to his shop with a problem where it would drag a brake and then pull bad when brakes were applied. Two new front brake lines and it was fixed. Given the amount of black "dust" in the fluid when I drained it I'm almost 100% sure that the hose is shot. I will know next week when I get some more money and get the hose replaced.

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