I don't think that mounting the M/C on the firewall will get a good
bleed. In its mounted position, the cylinder is not level. Air will
be trapped in the nose high end. You won't be able to get all of the
air out.
The M/C needs to be mounted in a vise so it is level and then bled as Tom
explained. In my limited experience, the couple of MC's that I have done
included instructions for bench bleed. One even included the
hoses/tubes. BTW - a parts stores will have the hoses for a couple of
dollars if not included.
rick
On Thu, 16 May 2002 23:39:46 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 5/16/2002 11:32:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Can someone explain bench bleeding to me? I'm about to install new master and am confused.
when i did this on my 69, i installed the master cylinder on the car, made up 2 lines about 6 inches long, bolted them onto the master cylinder and bent them around so that they resided inside the brake fluid in the master cylinder, and very slowly pumped the brakes until i saw no more little bubbles. you can bleed it through the lines, but that takes 2 people and a lot longer to do.
Tom
