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Old 08-31-2005, 11:58 PM
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whoooah

there... i am thinking you are not bleeding the brakes correctly. here is how. make sure the mc res is full. go to the pass rear and start bleeding there. this is a two man job or person. have the person in the car pump the brakes til the pedal feels hard and hold the pedal down. you open the bleeder and allow it to flow fluid out till it stops bubbling or til the pedal reaches the floor. hold it down and close the bleeder. pump it up again til it gets hard. repeat til you get no bubbles at that caliper and move to the driv rear and repeat. then pass front and then drivers front. put a tube on the bleeder and run the old fluid into a jar. now if you do all this and still have a problem, you need to look at the mc. i am betting this will cure the prob.

others advocate using a mitivac, but personally i have never been able to get those to work for brakes.

tom w
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