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| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 71 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 71 | My new MC has a bleeder screw on the side. Installed and pumped several times and no pressure, help please.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 | Open up the back wheel cylinders and run tubes into containers of brake fluid and keep pumping until bubbles are gone.Close them up .Repeat on the front wheel cylinders .It always worked for me. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | Bench bleeding should be done on the bench. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,249 | Agreed. That way you can ensure full travel of the spool. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 62 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 62 | MC Bleed Try this..... pull the brake lines off, run a small tube around and back in the fluid, SLOWLY pump the pedal till no more air bubbles are seen. This takes care of the MC, ya still gotta check the wheel cylinders. Don J  | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I just replaced the master cylinder on my '38. I didn't bench bleed it but it wasn't much of a chore doing it the "normal" way. I've read that a master cylinder will self bleed and that was my experience. We did a standard bleed until we got no more air from the fittings. I had good pedal but by the time I got home after driving home through town I ended up with the best pedal I've ever had on the car. Rock solid with only 1-2" of travel to full lock up.
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