Hi guys,
I'm trying to bleed the brakes on my 53. I just installed a rebuilt master cylinder and all new brake lines. I didn’t bench bleed the master while if was out of the truck but I did run a line off the back and back into the cylinder well after I bolted it to the truck. It seems to be pushing fluid fine with no air bubbles.
I started at the drivers side rear wheel and loosened the bleeder screw (5/16 bolt) and had my wife push the pedal to the floor. tightened screw, let up on the pedal...repeat..and repeat...and repeat. The fluid did drop in the master cylinder at first and then stopped dropping. After thirty or so repeats I had my ever patient wife stop..at which point the fluid backed up into the master cylinder. I tried moving to the shortest line on the drivers front thinking that I’d me most likely to see fluid there if there was any moving through the lines… Nothing. What am I doing wrong? Am I too impatient or am I sucking air into the system somewhere? I'm thinking of buying the vacuum pump...maybe that will work?
-Chris
