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Brake Bleeding …… Bloody Cold ………. Bleeding Brakes!
Created on 2007-01-20 19:36:01
Well last weekend I didn’t write it up but I tried again to bleed the brakes. I tried to bleed the master by itself using plastic hoses on the ends of the hard lines that go into the pressure failure switch. This worked in as much as fluid was circulating but there still seemed to be air in the master cylinder. In any event I wasn’t doing right as I didn’t submerge the hoses going back into the master.
Monday I called in some backup (thanks John and Chuck) and we spent a couple of hours bleeding again and even tried the master on it’s own again but no matter what we tried we couldn’t get pressure and there still seemed to be air coming from the master cylinder. This despite basically melting a hose onto the end of the hard lines to ensure there wasn’t a leak sucking air in at the hard line to plastic hoses join. So the conclusion is the master cylinder seems to be the issue even though it had worked before. Maybe when the crap was drained from the plastic filler something got down instead and is creating a leak somehow.
Today I proceeded to remove the master cylinder and this turned out to not be too bad. It took about 2 hours with the longest time being the removal of the lower bolt holding in the cylinder to the pedal box. I managed to leave the pedals installed and in place along with the clutch master. Hopefully I can secure the new master and get things back together shortly. Just need to find the best place for the acquisition of the new master cylinder.
Monday I called in some backup (thanks John and Chuck) and we spent a couple of hours bleeding again and even tried the master on it’s own again but no matter what we tried we couldn’t get pressure and there still seemed to be air coming from the master cylinder. This despite basically melting a hose onto the end of the hard lines to ensure there wasn’t a leak sucking air in at the hard line to plastic hoses join. So the conclusion is the master cylinder seems to be the issue even though it had worked before. Maybe when the crap was drained from the plastic filler something got down instead and is creating a leak somehow.
Today I proceeded to remove the master cylinder and this turned out to not be too bad. It took about 2 hours with the longest time being the removal of the lower bolt holding in the cylinder to the pedal box. I managed to leave the pedals installed and in place along with the clutch master. Hopefully I can secure the new master and get things back together shortly. Just need to find the best place for the acquisition of the new master cylinder.
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Bench Bleeding Master While On The Car
Bench Bleeding Master While On The Car
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brake Bleeding ...... Bleeding Brakes! | 2007-01-07 | 1 | Finally I have started doing some work again and started to look at the brakes and addressing new flexible hoses. I had never done this before so I did some reading first and learn... | |
| Horn, Side Markers & Console Work Plus Fixing Puking Carbs | 2006-11-27 | Despite some incredibly warm weather this Thanksgiving weekend some work and even progress was made. This after the other week I spent the afternoon extracting the remains of my c... | ||
| First Drive (After Seat Install & Other Bits) | 2006-11-19 | 1 | Well today has been a VERY good day! I started off with something simple given I haven’t been having much luck with the driver’s seat. I did have another go a w... | |
| Fixing The Recline On The Drivers Seat | 2006-11-11 | Well I’m back from UK and starting to tackle a few things again. In the pre-vacation attempt to put the seats in I discovered that the recline mechanism on the drivers seat was ... | ||
| Seat Install - Attempted | 2006-10-14 | 1 | So not the most productive day I've ever had with the 72 :-( I did, however, figure out the seat bolts by trying a course thread bolt and that seems to work. Of cou... | |
| Seat Belts Installed | 2006-10-13 | 1 | Tonight I worked on the seat belts rather than the seats. It seems I need some nuts for the screw bolts that attach the sliders to the seat itself and I don’t have those. Also ... | |
| Putting The Cockpit Rail Back (Mostly) | 2006-10-10 | 1 | Just went ahead and got the cockpit rail put back, mostly tonight. It looks as though the gluing activity went fine and although there are a few little wrinkles on the curves I th... | |
| 72 Gets Interior Panels | 2006-10-08 | 1 | Back in the saddle again (background melody)! So it’s been a while since I’ve got anything done to the 72. Haven’t much felt like it in the evenings of the pa... | |
| 77 Gets Better & 72 Interior Work Begins | 2006-09-24 | 1 | So this is another catch up – I seem to have slipped in doing the work and reporting the same day. Probably because it’s easier to write stuff up when you’re making progress... | |
| 77 Saga Continues & Minor 72 Updates | 2006-09-16 | 77 Update – Ongoing Frustrations Well it’s been very up and down recently, last weekend was kinda rough and I couldn’t post I was too mad with myself. Still th... |
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