Here's my situation, I have always thought my brake peddle travel was excessive (just over 3000 miles on the car). I recently discovered a leaking wheel cylinder and after replacing the wheel cylinder, installing new shoes and bleeding the system it seemed the travel had gotten even worse. Currently the rubber pad on the brake pedal is 7 1/4" from the firewall. When I depress the pedal it goes to 3" and the metal arm is about 1/4" from the firewall. And when I pump the pedal there is no change so I don't think I'm compressing air. I've read several old post concerning this problem and the consensus seems to be rear brake adjustment. So, in order to take this out of the equation I have made the adjustment to totally press the shoes against the drums, no adjustment left. No change in the brake pedal travel. The master cylinder was new when installed as well as the brake lines and the hoses. I have not watched the hoses to see if they are expanding but it seems it would take a lot of expansion to allow that much travel. Any suggestions as to what I should do next?