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> Brake Bleeding Question
orbit398
post Feb 17 2016, 02:47 PM
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I just install a 19mm brake master cylinder on the car I am restoring. I couldn't bench bleed the master cylinder like normal American cars. Is there any tricks to bleeding the system? I plan to bleed them tonight and will have a helper pumping the brakes. I just hope it's not an issue and we spend lots of time pushing air around.

Just wondering.
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post Feb 17 2016, 05:32 PM
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Excellent advice above, but I will add some more.

You will want to go around the car a number of times bleeding each nipple.
In between iterations, smack each caliper, and the prop valve, with a hammer a few times to knock bubbles to the top.

AND: some calipers have bleed nipples at the bottom and the top of the caliper.
Use the TOP bleeder.

I also bleed my brakes until the pedal is firm enough to be safe, then I drive around the neighborhood (train tracks work great), then do it again.
It helps knock all the bubbles loose.
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