[Healeys] 100 (BN1) brake bleeding technique

[Michael Salter]

Micro bubbles.

On Fri., Mar. 24, 2023, 5:39 p.m. Alan Seigrist, <healey.nut at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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