Hey all,

Got a 1990 hatch recently, love it to bits. It has become very apparent that the previous owner had to sell the car because the brakes were such a bear to deal with.
I can stop just fine, but my pedal feel is softer and low in the morning when it is cold, and progressively stiffens up as I drive. To add onto this, if I drive somewhere in the morning, shut the car off, do whatever I need to do, then come back and turn the car on again, the pedal gets even stiffer than before. It also feels like my rear brakes (drums) are grabbing more than the front. When I come to a stop, the car bucks pretty hard if I keep my foot on the pedal, almost as if I rip the ebrake. When bleeding the front using a one-man bleeder kit, I noticed that the bottle is filled up quickly by the driver front caliper when bleeding but is not filled up nearly as fast at the passenger front caliper. Prop valve? I'm curious if worn rear shoes adjusted to have a good ebrake could cause this. There is less material on the shoe, but it's closer to the drum to compensate. Thoughts?

New booster, master cylinder, rear wheel cylinders (were leaking badly when i got the car), front rotors and pads, and LOTS of new brake fluid bled through the system. Yes, I bench bled the mc (if these are symptoms of this being done improperly, let me know)