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Originally Posted by connerm
search writeups on how to bench bleed your new master cylinder. You really can't skip this step. I did mine with some cheap vinyl tubing.
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This seems to be purely an American thing. The FSM doesn't say you need to do this. I think it is a throw back to servicing older and different American cars (may be to check the integrity of the seals before you fit it to the car?).
I don't want to start WW3 about this but I don't think it is necessary if you use a power bleeder and follow the procedure in the FSM. I'm sure it won't hurt if you want to do this before hand though. But as you then have to disconnect the MC and reconnect it to the car's system you need to bleed it again anyway as you've introduced air to the internals (again). It seems like a redundant step to me.