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Hi Listers,
We have been trouble with bleeding the brakes on Rosey
(1970 TR6), following all the "correct" procedures ... several
times ... and using new DOT 5 we were never able to get them
right, were always left with spongy brakes that worked "some of
the time"
I was looking through the Eastwood Catalog and found the
Phoenix V12 brake bleeder ... well it will bleed them the old
way BUT it also will pump fluif FROM the brake TO the master
cylinder ... yup it will cause it to overflow if you are not
careful. Anyway with the help if my good assistant (AnnaBelle) I
carefully followed the instructions and pumped new DOT 5 from
each of the brakes, AnnaBelle had old towels around and below the
master cylinder and would call out "bubbles" ... until just
more fluif came out of the master cylinder ... there were a LOT
of "bubbles". The whole procedure took about an hour which
included of course jacking up and removing each wheel, we did it
one at at a time.
The result was a firm pedal, and brakes that work
every time (this is a good thing). The Phoenix V12 is a little
pricey ... $80.00 but it WORKS ...
--
Bill Pugh
1957 TR3 TS16765L
aka
Casper
1971 TR6 CC59179L
aka
Rosey
Wallace, CA
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