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Bleedin' Brakes

To: <spritenut@Exit109.com>, <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Bleedin' Brakes
From: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 10:18:42 -0800
Reply-to: "Daryl May" <mayfam@sprynet.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
I am struggling to bleed my 1960 Bugeye brake system.  It's an
all-drum-brake system with the tandem master cylinder.  I have just rebuilt
all 6 slave cylinders, and the master cylinder, as well as the pedal
linkages. Took great care to clean out even the little passages.  BUT,
maybe I did something wrong?

Problem is that I cannot get the master cylinder to draw brake fluid and
pass it down the brake pipes.  The fluid level just hovers at full while I
pump the brakes. No resistance on the pedal of course, because the system
is still full of air.

Other clues:  the brake pedal movement is 1.5 inches, and the corresponding
master cylinder piston travel is one-fourth to one-third of an inch.  Is
this not too little?  Can I have screwed up the master cylinder rebuild?

Help, please.

Daryl

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