Well, as the (hopefully) last step before re-commissioning my 300D, I'll be doing a rebuild (with the kit from Fastlane) on my right side front caliper. I'm also going to be replacing both rear brake hoses and doing a brake fluid change.

My question is this. Is there anything special that I need to know? Any tricks? On the fluid replacement, I'll be doing it the "slow" way with 3 people...one putting fluid in the resevior, one pumping the pedal, and one manning the bleed valve. As appealing as a Mityvac is, I don't have the $$ for one right now. Looking through the Haynes manual, doing the caliper rebuild doesn't look too bad, and I assume that replacing the brake hoses is just a matter of removing the old ones and installing the new ones...again, is there anything special that I don't know about? I plan to do the caliper and the rear hoses today, and the bleeding/fluid replacement tomorrow (I decided to try the Valvoline SynPower DOT-4 compatible stuff that 240 Ed was talking about earlier).

Again, any thoughts, suggestion, and comments would be greatly appreciated. This is my first time bleeding a brake system or replacing the fluid...going by what the Haynes manual says, it doesn't seem to be hard; I just want to make sure that the manual covers everything I need to know. Thanks in advance!

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1991 Ford F-350, work in progress
1984 Ford F-250 4x4, 6.9l turbo diesel, 5 speed manual
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