I have bleed many of brakes. Simple way to do it. Close all bleeder
valves. 2 fill master cyl. with fluid. 3 push peddle down slow 4 hold
peddle down for a minute 5 release peddle real slow. (you will see
bubbles) CONTINUE DOING THIS UNTIL YOU HAVE NO MORE AIR BUBBLES. BE
SURE AND KEEP CYL FULL. DO NOT PUT CAP ON. If you push peddle to fast
or realease to fast, brake fluid will blow out of cy. If this works,
please contact me.
John T
On Sun, 20 May 2001 22:35:11 -0400 "Ed Gaito" <ed_gaito@webtrix.com>
writes:
> Ran down to the local NAPA and was happy to match up the brake
> cylinder for
> the mystery rear on my '50 GMC. Put everything back together, with
> the
> usual "dance of the springs" performance that accompany's any brake
> work I
> do....
>
> Now, it's time to bleed the system, though the truck is convinced
> that it is
> me that should do all of the bleeding. Using a vaccuum bleeder,
> I've sucked
> fluid from all four wheels until all of the ugly brown stuff is gone
> and the
> new, clear stuff is running, but cannot get pressure to the brake
> pedal. A
> had a spongy pedal at one point, bled again to get rid of it and now
> have no
> pedal again.
>
> Is there some trick to bleeding these things? Am I letting the
> resevoire
> get too low?
>
> On a similar note, it appears the master cylinder is ready for a
> rebuild or
> replacement. With my goal being a driver, not a true resto, I'm
> looking for
> opinions on whether or not it is worth it to rebuild or replace the
> original, or should I be looking toward a conversion to something
> more
> modern?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help offered.
>
> PS...some time ago, someone mentioned they had a part number for the
> rear
> parking brake cables that had the "push-in fingers" style of entry
> into the
> wheel. Anyone got it and willing to share? The guy at NAPA just
> looked at
> my NOS replacement and the connecter I pulled out of the wheel
> backing plate
> and said he didn't have anything that big.
>
> She may have won today's round, but the fun is just beginning!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -Ed
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