Mystery of the disappearing brake fluid...

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Frogman

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Ok friends, here is something I have never experienced. '78 Chevy. This is my elderly neighbor's plow truck. I moved it for her last fall and the brakes did not feel right. Popped the cap of the reservoir and the front chamber was empty. Bone dry. I guessed probably a bad wheel cylinder; I would deal with it in the spring. I went out last week to fill it up and bleed the brakes so I could move it to investigate. Popped the cap and now both chambers have fluid????
Thoughts?
 

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Is it possible somebody went to move it after you parked it? They may have noticed the brake issue and filled it.
 

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Prankster?
 

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If nobody used it and or it has not been run it could stay full.
 

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