[Mgs] Bleeding brakes question...

[Richard Lindsay]

>    Mine does indicate such a fault, as it leaks right through the $55
> plastic switch, the inside fender paint showing that.

Mine too, Bob! Exactly the same.

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 8:33 AM Robert's New iPad <mgbobh at gmail.com> wrote:

>    The MGB workshop manual says to do longest first. MGBs initially had a
> single circuit, then two, and a shuttle-device that would indicate if one
> system were leaking.
>    I suppose, and this is just supposition, that the longer lines have the
> possibility of more air therein, the shorter ones to front disc brakes move
> more fluid, so our bleeding longest first would be least likely to cause
> that valve to indicate a leak fault.
>    Mine does indicate such a fault, as it leaks right through the $55
> plastic switch, the inside fender paint showing that.
>
> > On Apr 26, 2019, at 9:18 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >     On vehicles with independent front and rear brake hydraulic
> circuits, is it still advisable to bleed the longest pipe run first? That
> is, does it matter if one bleeds the front brakes first?
> >
> > Rick
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