[Healeys] 100 (BN1) brake bleeding technique

[Alan Seigrist]

The weird thing for me is when I let the car sit for a month, it sorted
itself out.

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 9:32 PM <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:

> We tried that. I did not work.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> To: warthodson at aol.com
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 23, 2023 1:45 am
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 (BN1) brake bleeding technique
>
> Gary -
>
> The method that seems to work the best, after bleeding out the system the
> best you can, is to shove a 2 x 4 between the seat frame and brake pedal,
> pushing it down with some pressure, then leaving it like that overnight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:25 PM warthodson--- via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Some have suggested opening the bleed screw, pushing the pedal down
> slowly, closing the bleed screw & letting the pedal return. Others
> suggest a similar approach except a very rapid pedal push down, almost
> violent, like an emergency stop.
> Does either help to dislodge stubborn bubbles trapped in the 100 brake
> system?
> Gary Hodson
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