Bill,
I've been working on my brakes for about 7 years. A long time ago I found
that air was seeping in around and thru the bleed screw threads. Careful
use of teflon tape seems to solve this. Not really sure if this will affect
speed bleeders, but, I would worry about opening them too much.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill bickerton" <bbick59@gmail.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: [TR] Brake Bleeding
> Hi list, I'm hoping someone out there can help me out with my brake
> bleeding
> issue however, I'm sure you are all out enjoying your TR's while i sit it
> the garage watching air bubbles all day.
>
> What I'm trying to accomplish is to transition from DOT 3 to DOT 5, i have
> speed bleeders and I've tried to bleed the conventional way with no luck
> so
> i am now using an EZ bleeder system that uses the vacuum created by the
> air
> compressor in order to draw new fluids down through the system, still no
> luck just bubbles.
>
> Here is some history of what I've done to the car that brought me to this
> point.
> 1. rebuilt calipers
> 2. new caliper pistons
> 3. new stainless steel brake hoses
> 4. rebuilt master cylinder
> 5. blew out brake lines with air after removing the DOT 3
> 6. ran denatured alcohol through the lines prior to filling the MC with
> DOT5
>
>
> I've checked all the lines for leaks (visually) and there doesn't appear
> to
> be any, plus i would see liquid spots on the floor.
> One thing i did that might be important to this story (hoping it's not) i
> had to spit one of my calipers in order to remove a fused piston however,
> i
> replaced the small O ring between the caliper and used the correct
> torque(s)
> when putting them back together. At this point i do not see any leaking of
> fluid between the two half.
>
> I've been working on bleeding my brakes for 3 days now and the air bubbles
> just keep coming and the pedal is mushy. I'm hoping that someone out there
> may have experienced the same thing and has some tips on how you overcame
> the issue.
>
> Thanks all,
> Bill
>
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