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| Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Divided he ad on January 09, 2010, 08:41:30 PM --- --- Quote ---AFAIK all the air bubbles are gone --- End quote --- Reminds me of a little, slightly embarrassing memory...... A long time ago... (well, over 10 years) I once spent damn near a whole day trying to figure out why I couldn't get "a pedal" on a Peugeot 405 after replacing the brake master cylinder. I had bled it the best part of 20 times and couldn't get the brakes to work.:bang: Thinking of all sorts of crazy things :scratch: I lost sight of what I was trying to achieve with the bleeding and the golden rule..... Air bubbles rise in liquid! The eventual epiphany lead me to Bleed the brakes with the rear calipers pivoted on the top bolt, turned up in the air with a block of wood where the discs and pads should be to prevent the piston from coming out.... Why :scratch: Because the bloody bleed nipples were on the bottom of the calipers :doh: Hope all goes well :thumbup: Waiting on the "stunt" videos :ddb: Ralph. --- End quote --- Ralph... for almost that reason, I bought a power bleeder. The brakes on my 944 were a bear... makes for a one man easy bleed job. Eric |
| Divided he ad:
:lol: well at least I'm not the only one!! :lol: A Reliant David!!! Brave man! :) Glad to know it all worked out :thumbup: Eric, there were 3 of us!!! All stumped :doh: The power bleeders are good for most app's but this way just a mad design thing..... It created a huge pocket of air in the top of the calipers??? Peugeot always have been a nightmare to work on! ::) Sorry for the slightly :offtopic: sidetrack Andrew..... Is it working yet? Ralph. |
| jones:
It sure is! I just got back from a mate's property in Mudgee where I had a good drive (until the chain eventually fell off because I hadn't loctited the bolts holding the sprocket on) Here is a video before I left for Mudgee. The buggy was only running on one cylinder and was pretty gutless, but I fixed that and at Mudgee it was an absolute WEAPON. So quick! Will put up the short video I took in a bit. Cheeers, Andrew |
| Bernd:
Looks like and sounds like some guys are having a great time. Can't wait to see a vid from Mudgee. Bernd |
| Stilldrillin:
And that was using only 1 cylinder? ! :bugeye: David D |
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