Re: [Amc-list] Brakes, still not good
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Re: [Amc-list] Brakes, still not good



I'd only bench bleed on a car with two things, three actualy.
A helper
A level
A floor jack.
Take off the cap, place the level on the top of the master.
Gently jack up the back of the car till the master is level.
Wrap the lines into the reservoir then gently, with your helper slowly bleed the air out.

I suppose you could do it by yourself, but I bet you'd make a mess and you'd never know when those frikkin bubbles stop!

YMMV!

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Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Frank Swygert wrote:
> > Since the MC is already installed it should be pretty easy to "bench bleed". 
> Just take the lid off, bend some lines around (or use the rubber line kit), and 
> pump the pedal. Gotta be easier than doing it in a vise! 
> 
> 
> Personally, I've found that that doesn't always work -- the master has 
> to be level, and they're tilted back -- by design -- when mounted on the 
> car. The ports are not quite at the front end of the working guts of the 
> 'pump' in there... so a bubble can live in there if not level. I thinkt 
> hat's what it takes so !@!!@$@$ long to bleed 'em sometimes, the bubble 
> just pushes back and forth and only a tiny corner of it clips the port 
> and exits.
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