It can be a real bitch to bleed a totally dry master brake cylinder on the car
if it was not bench bled first.
The best way if you don't want to take it off and we are talking a driver not
a trailer queen is to pack the area below the master cylinder with clean rags
and have someone pump up the pedal hold it down the you loosen the hydraulic
fitting at the master. Tighten and repeat until only fluid comes out.
Then bleed at the wheels.
If we are talking a show car I would pull the master and bench bleed it.
Rick
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On Nov 3, 2011, at 14:44, I Erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> yes you can bleed it on the car, it just takes longer, don't run the
> reservoir dry.
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> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Richard Kahn
<tahoehealey at hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> I have installed new clutch and brake master cylinders forgetting to bench
>> bleed first. Can it be done now on the car (BJ8)? I have a Mityvac (sorry
>> for
>> spelling). Can I draw brake fluid from the car's reservoir into the
>> cylinders
>> successfully at the out ports and get rid of the air? If I need to remove
>> the
>> cylinder to bench bleed where can I get the correct sized fittings to
>> connect
>> clear tubes to the masters? Sorry for such a basic question but I
couldn't
>> find the Sim's sight which would probably tell me everything.
>> Thanks
>> Rich Kahn
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