[Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild

[Ronnie Day]

Speedblenders aren't what I was thinking. They probably won't help much
since I have the pressure bleeder, along with a catch bottle so the system
can't suck air back in anyway. I seem to remember something about getting
the front of the car up to get the lines as high as possible.

It seems to me that have a bleed valve on top of each side of the caliper
would have been logical, and having the bleed valve on the bottom of the
wheel cylinders pointing down wasn't the brightest idea, either.

Just sayin'

On Monday, September 15, 2014, dave n <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:

> speed bleeders!!!!!   www.speedbleeder.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ronnie Day
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 8:31 AM
> To: Roadster List
> Subject: [Roadsters] Late front brake rebuild
>
> While working on my '70 2000 yesterday I found a pinhole in the longer of
> the two hard lines on the driver side caliper so I'm going to have to fix
> that. I've like to have a "Why the hell did you design it that way!"
> discussion with the engineer who designed the front caliper setup, but
> regardless I have to deal with it.
>
> I seem to remember a thread regarding the best way to bleed the front
> calipers and I've dug around, but haven't been able to find it. Can someone
> point me in the right direction? I also think the best thing to do is
> replace all of the hard lines on both calipers so I'm going to be looking
> for replacements. These things are pricy!!
>
> I did buy a Motive pressure bleeder, and although putting the cover plate
> on the master cylinder is a bit fiddly the bleeder works pretty well. That
> should help with bleeding the calipers.
>
> TIA,
> Ron
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