You'll be pushing copious amounts of air into your brake lines, if you
don't bench bleed it first.
Do yourself a favor and carefully mount the master cylinder in a vice and
bench bleed it.
You'll save yourself a lot of aggravation.
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:23:02 -0700 William Schairer <wschaibe@ucsd.edu>
writes:
> I want to thank everyone for the brake tips. I haven't had a chance
> to try them out yet as my helper, 12 yr old son, is making the most
> of the last few days of summer vacation with his friends.
>
> As I will now reinstall the new master cylinder I am curious as to
> why I have to bench bleed it before installation. Why is that
> different from bleeding it before the wheel cylinders after it is
> installed?
>
> Bill
> 70 1600
> San Diego
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