Spend $40 and get a vacuum pump made to bleed brakes
with. Pour fluid into the master cylinder, and using
the vacuum pump, bleed the wheel cylinder furthest
away. Keep filling the master cylinder, if it goes
dry, you will get more air in the brake lines. After
you get fluid with no air bubbles, move to the next
furthest away wheel cylinder and repeat the process.
Same procedure for the remaining two cylinders. I
generally throw away the frist couple of ounces of
brake fluid from each wheel and the recycle the rest.
If you installed a latemodel dual
mastercylinder(recommended even for a restoration),
this method will most likely work. Some of the GM
master cylinders only work well when the have been
power bleed. I have never had to power bleed any, but
have been told that others have.
I'm sure you know this, adjust the brake shoes so that
they just contact the drums, before you start.
Jim Nordwall
1950 3100
--- 29871 <29871@msn.com> wrote:
> I have a '55 second series with a brand brake
> system, complete from wheel
> cylinders to pedal.
> The system is completely dry of fluid and I want to
> know the best way to fill
> the system with new brake fluid.
> Also I have new lines and new master cylinder. Like
> I said, this is a
> completely dry system.
> Thanks for any info you can give me.
> Kevin
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built
> between 1941 and 1959
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