I've done this another way too, which seemed a little easier to me.
Install your new MC into the car. Bolt it into place, but DO NOT
remove the original plastic plugs or install the brake lines yet. Once
everything is bolted up (including attaching the pedal to the
cylinder), remove the plastic plugs and install the included plugs with
nipples and the hose with them. Run the hose to the reservoir, fill
the reservoir with fluid, and have a friend pump the pedal. The
cylinder will be bled very quickly.
It seems to work well for me...Not only that, it also secures a warm
body to help bleed the brakes when you're done!
Mike Lishego
1974 MGB
1986 Plymouth Turismo 2.2
http://www.mgb.bc.ca/virtualgarage/index.htm
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> From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
> To: 'MG NUTS' <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: "Bench bleeding" brake master cylinder.
> Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 5:41 PM
>
> Somone else may have a more definitive explanation, but basically
what it
> means is that you:
> 1. route a hose (or hoses) from the output port (or ports) back into
the
> reservoir
> 2. fill the reservoir with brake fluid
> 3. pump the piston until you don't see any more bubbles
> Basically you are bleeding the air out of the cylinder bore itself,
as
> you normally would do at each wheel. It is convenient to run the
lines
> back into the reservoir -- since it's all new fluid you don't want to
> waste any!
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