Steve -
It's your flex line. This is a very common problem
with rubber flex lines.
By the way on both my BJ8 and early BN1 I've switched
to stainless braided teflon flex lines for the brakes
(i.e. racing flex lines). Definitely worth the very
small investment.... Safety First!
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
--- Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/XPRU
<Steven.Rizzo@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL> wrote:
> Good day, Listers,
>
> My situation is that after replacing the rear wheel
> cylinders and shoes on
> my 65 BJ8 I discovered that I have no brake fluid
> pressure at either wheel.
> When attempting a brake bleed operation I had only a
> very small amount of
> fluid flow from the bleed screw on the passenger
> side wheel and none on the
> driver side wheel (where the brake cylinder had
> leaked in the first place).
>
>
> Front brakes operate fine.
>
> Visual check of the fluid hoses and pipes show no
> leaks or unusual
> appearance (such as crimping, etc.).
>
> My guess is that the flex hose that connects the
> main brake fluid pipe to
> the rear wheel pipes at the differential has
> collapsed internally and is
> allowing no fluid flow. Does this 'ring true' or
> make sense? What else
> could it be?
>
> I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Really
> frustrating as it kept me
> from driving her up to the "All British Car Meet" at
> Boerne yesterday. Of
> course, I shouldn't have waited til the last minute
> to work on her in the
> first place, but ....) Anyway, thanks in advance
> for any help you have on
> this.
>
> Regards,
> Stever
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