Now getting some fluid from left front wheel, weak flow....

[HuskyMan]

OK, I decided to go with the following advice from fellow forum member Duke and started with the front left wheel:

That's old school single master cylinder advice, but it wasn't even that good decades ago. With either a split or single system the quickest way to expel old fluid or get new fluid into a dry system from the M/C to the junction block is the shortest route, which is usually left front and left rear for most split systems and left front for single systems. Then go to the next shortest line, and you'll need to make the complete circuit about three times.

But the bottom line is that it doesn't really make much difference where you start. You'll eventually get the system bled and filled.

If manually bleeding be careful not to let the rear reservoir go dry, or you are essentially starting over. On my 201 it's tough to see the rear level, and I think other contemporaneous models are similar. The rear level can only be seen on the inside side, extreme rear of the reservoir.

When the rear res. gets low, fill the res. then wiggle it back and forth to get the fluid over the baffle that separates the front and rear section until the rear level is equal to the front and continue bleeding.

Duke

I pumped the pressure bleeder up to 13 PSI, then slowly pumped the brake pedal 3-4 times...some fluid has come out but still no steady flow. I'm thinking of hooking up a hand held vacuum pump (mine is similar to mityvac) so that I can simultaneously use the pressure bleeder AND vacuum. Do you think this idea might get the fluid flowing???