Great! Chevies, Pontiacs, Mopars, Fords, never seen this. For me it's the unusual problem where I learn. You answer a million questions and then you finally get an unusual problem and it's interesting. Like an interesting story you want to know the ending... Yes, it's great Joe's car has brakes now, but lets get to the bottom of this. Right now it's just as likely that the bleeder screw wasn't getting closed before the pedal rose as anything else. Honestly, this would be the first dis block problem causing no brakes in the history of the American automobile. You would think that it would be known by now! These blocks and other brake components are designed so that you can't get a total brake failure unless two things go wrong at once.