[TR] Bleeding Hydraulics on a TR6

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

I had a similar problem when I replaced my master cylinder earlier this 
year (first service I have had to do to the brakes since 1996).  The master 
cylinder doesn't work so good with air.  In addition to the mightyvac there is 
a device (I forget the name) that applies a modest amount of air pressure to 
the reservoir to push fluid through the system.  I didn't have one of those 
but I do have an air gun so I carefully applied a short blast of air to the 
vent hole in the reservoir cap - taking care to not hold it too tightly to 
the cap so that the pressure would be self-limiting - which forced enough 
fluid into the master cylinder to get things working again.

Bleeding after that was pretty much textbook.

If you have a pressure regulator set it to 5 PSI.  Or 3 PSI.

Dave

In a message dated 9/11/2013 12:30:18 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wsb1960tr3a at att.net writes: 
>      I was told that you
> could hook a Mityvak up to the bleeder and vacuum pump the air out. It 
> doesn't
> seem to work. How does one use a Mityvac to bleed brakes? Maybe you have 
> to
> hold the pedal down while you are vacuum evacuating the brake line. Does
> anyone have any hints?
>      I am going to look for a one man bleeder tomorrow.
>      Gotta get this car back on the road while we still have good weather.