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You can also use clear aquarium hose to do the same thing. I have and it worked good. Just throw it way when your done.
-------Original Message-------
Date: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:24:28 PM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] lost brakes
Thanks Dave,
Hopefully that's all it is. The brakes used to work. I think air is in there
because the MC was dry after replacing the wheel cylinders & hoses. I have
never bled a MC before and it's not a new one, so I don't have any plastic
fittings. I've done the hose into the resevoir thing before though. I guess
I'll have to buy some "scrap" lines. I suppose this means it will also have
to be bled at the wheel cylinders again? I'll be disconnecting those lines
at the MC, right? This is a big pain in the a** because I don't have anybody
to help.
Thanks,
John Nasta
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] lost brakes
John, sounds like the master cylinder needs to be bled. You're supposed to
bleed it before hooking it up to the brake system. They usually come with
some plastic fittings and plastic hose for doing it in the box. Bending up
some scrap metal lines works too. Put the fittings into the master
cylinder, attach plastic hoses so that they dump back into the reservoir,
fill it with fluid, and pump the pedal until there are no more air bubbles.
Then remove the plastic fittings and hook up your brake lines and proceed to
bleed the rest of the system.
-Dave
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:56 AM
To: Chevelle List
Subject: [Chevelle-list] lost brakes
Hmmm... My 69 El Camino seems to have lost its brakes (drum BTW). I replaced
all of the shoes, wheel cylinders & hoses, and bled the rears (believe it or
not, I can't seem to get my hands on a 5/16 line wrench for the fronts).
Yesterday I started it for the first time with the intention of moving it
(it was going to be the first actual drive, albeit in a back yard), but the
pedal goes all the way to the floor, even if I pump it. It never seems to
build any pressure. I used DOT3 fluid. The master was dry, but I am
completely flushing the system, so the rears at least should be well bled
out.
The other big moment was when I went to put it in gear and nothing happened.
I quickly put it back in park and hope that wasn't a total bonehead move,
but now I'm thinking that maybe I just installed the transmission and never
filled it. There is nothing on the dipstick. DOH!
Unfortunately in the area where the car is, there isn't much nearby. It
would have taken me about an hour to get trans fluid on a Sunday afternoon,
so I'm blowing that off until next week.
I also had the car out in the sun for insurance photos and noticed a few
more things, but as my friend Jack said "the horse is dead".
Anyway, let me know if you have any advice about the brakes.
Thanks,
John Nasta
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