studmuffed
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- Joined
- Nov 16, 2017
- Location
- Va
Hey all,
In my new brick project, I had terrible brakes. The failure light came on and the pedal would go straight to the floor when the car was on or off. I thought it must be the master cylinder so I went to advance auto and got one and threw it in. I don't have a shop or anything where I'm living right now so couldn't bench bleed.
When I went to bleed starting with the passenger rear caliper, barely any fluid came out but tons of air did. The bottle I was using had bubbles every time I pressed the pedal down. I repeated the process for probably about an hour or two and I still couldn't get a constant steam of fluid.
Could air be getting in just as fast as it was getting out?? I checked under the car and didn't see any drips and the brake junction box was dry.
(1988 245 no ABS)
In my new brick project, I had terrible brakes. The failure light came on and the pedal would go straight to the floor when the car was on or off. I thought it must be the master cylinder so I went to advance auto and got one and threw it in. I don't have a shop or anything where I'm living right now so couldn't bench bleed.
When I went to bleed starting with the passenger rear caliper, barely any fluid came out but tons of air did. The bottle I was using had bubbles every time I pressed the pedal down. I repeated the process for probably about an hour or two and I still couldn't get a constant steam of fluid.
Could air be getting in just as fast as it was getting out?? I checked under the car and didn't see any drips and the brake junction box was dry.
(1988 245 no ABS)