Dear Alison~
How do you mean hose-jar method? If the hose is in a half-full
(half-empty?) jar of clean brake fluid, then air bubbles will escape and
you will just take up fluid when you release the pedal. Using a hose
with a valve made for bleeding also helps. You could also use a wine
fermentation trap and surgical hose. I was able to bleed them by myself
this way. Be careful of breaking corroded bleed screws, so have one on
hand when you do the job. Even broken they do not leak so I think you
have a leak in the system somewhere. Sounds what I had when my power
brake diapragm ruptured. I did the brakes on my Custom Caddy today. It
was a bear. One needs a special hub cap tool available only from
Cadillac (Pep Boys swiped mine last week) and a star wrench (I used a
small pipe wrench) for the caliper pin. $20 and a six-pack of beer got
the job done without me even getting my hands dirty. Got some parts
from the Cast of Deliverance Junkyard but saw no flat-rad Morgans
there. Did find a Monte Carlo and a '66 Thunderbird (needs paint).
Rocco also has a Ford pickup with a small-block Chevy engine.
I still need help with my Cadillac customization, so if anyone has
some ideas... The best I've seen is the CadZZilac for ZZTop. How about
Morgan silhouwette fenders and rear end treatment and Scrooge McDuck
hood (bonnet).
It is important in which order you do the wheels. Ask an expert.
Or, better yet, have them do it for you.
Ben Palmer
Alison Moffett wrote:
>
> After installing rebuilt calipers and new brake hoses (Aeroquip), I'm
> having trouble getting all of the air out of the system of my 4/4. I've
> used both vacuum pump and hose-jar methods, but still can't get a solid
> hard pedal. Never have had any problems before in my annual flushings.
> I'm going to take it out on the road to bed in the new pads and try yet
> another bleeding but certain ladies of the house are getting sick of
> short-tempered orders on what to do with the brake pedal. Are there nooks
> and crannies of dry calipers that need to be filled with fluid before the
> things are air free? are the SS hoses contributing to the problem? As far
> as I can see, there are no leaks in the system.
> Oh, and my car has a vacuum brake booster. Has anybody else had like
> problems?
>
> Regards
> Neill Moffett
> Springfield, VA
> 71 4/4
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