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Question:

What would cause this brake problem?

I checked the fluid and its filled.but when I depress the brake pedal, it goes all the way to the floor. I dont seem to have any brakes. The pedal does have a slight squeak to it when its in park and the pedal is depressed.

Answer:

Maybe 32, but I don't recommend 110lbs. They get weird.
If you pump the brake pedal and you still have no brakes I would suspect a bad master cylinder. An easy way to check is to pull the master cylinder away from the booster and leave the lines hooked up if there is fluid on the back side of the master cylinder its bad.
Did you have to add fluid? If the fluid level went low then you could have air in the lines. most likely you have a leaking brake line or wheel cylinder. however if the fluid did not go low and the pedal goes all the way to floor then you most likely have a master cylinder that has gone bad. the seals in the master cylinder can go bad allowing the fluid to bypass the piston thus letting the pedal go to the floor without loosing any fluid. hope this infor is helpful let me know if you need any info of changing it if that seems to be your problem. good luck.
first you need to try to bleed the brake system to see if there is any air in it, if it still does it after that, it could be your brake master cylinder, even check your cap, it could have a hole in the cap not letting the system to presserize. when you bleed your brakes, start with the your right rear, then left rear, the right front then left front, you start always start with the one furthest away from your master cylinder, you also need 2 people to do this.

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