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Re: PDWA and bleeding 79 B

To: mwjose <mwjose@home.com>
Subject: Re: PDWA and bleeding 79 B
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 20:22:11 -0400
Mike,

    After I installed a replacement rear axle in my 77B I had a terrible time
bleeding the rear brakes.  The problem was that the brake line was crimped 
closed
under the hold-down strap. The classic 'tow-chain over the rear axle trick'.
YMMV.

mwjose wrote:

> Hello all,
> After getting the new rear axle in, and finally getting the old plug
> out, I thought I was in the home stretch.  I went to bleed the brakes,
> and nothing comes out of the rear, even with a Mityvac. Haynes says to
> loosen the Pressure Failure Switch on the bottom of the master
> cylinder.  Only problem is, there is no switch, just a bolt, which does
> come out.  I checked all the lines except the master cylinder to under
> the car line, and I don't think I have any blockages (plus the brakes
> seemed to work before).  Is the PDWA necessary to bleeding?  Do I need
> to rework my master cylinder?  Any advice is welcome.
> Thank you
> Mike Jose

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Bud Krueger
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