Apparently you are supplied short hoses with nipples for the purpose of
bench bleeding when you buy a master cylinder? You're the 2nd party to
mention that. I've never had the benefit of that, always had to
improvise. Of course, I haven't bought a m/c for 10+ years. What supplier
did you get it from?
MSLishego had this to say:
>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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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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