Re: [Healeys] Replacing brake master cylinder, fluid reservoir and flexible brake pipes - what order?

[Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>]

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Bench bleed the master cylinder before installing it.  You will be glad you
did.
Rick

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:44 AM, philip fish <philipfish@waitrose.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This week I am going to replace the brake master cylinder, fluid reservoir
> and flexible brake pipes on my BT7. What is the best order to do these
> three steps?
>
> Reservoir, flexible brake pipes, master cylinder is the route I was going
> to take.
>
> Will I need to bench bleed the MC?
> Do I need to make any adjustments to the brakes before the bleeding step?
> Should I drain all the fluid out of the system before replacing the
> reservoir?
> Any advice welcome.
> Phil
>
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=C2=A0 You will be glad you did.<br></div>Rick<br></div><div class=3D"gmail=
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ilip fish <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:philipfish@waitrose.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">philipfish@waitrose.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockqu=
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olid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);=
font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>Hi All,<br><br></div><d=
iv>This week I am going to replace the brake master cylinder,=20
fluid reservoir and flexible brake pipes on my BT7. What is the best=20
order to do these three steps?<br><br>Reservoir, flexible brake pipes, mast=
er cylinder is the route I was going to take. <br><br>Will I need to bench =
bleed the MC?<br>Do I need to make any adjustments to the brakes before the=
 bleeding step?<br>Should I drain all the fluid out of the system before re=
placing the reservoir?<br>Any advice welcome.<br>Phil</div></div>
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