I did bench bleed mine but I wound up having to loosen the banjo bolt
during installation so I could have introduced air at that point. It was
not new, just had a rebuild kit installed. Anyway, I need to try bleeding
one more time before I get used to it.
Ray Wygonik had this to say:
>My experience is the air gets trapped in the master cylinder. It must be
>bench bled properly before installing in the car, though it is possible to
>'bench bleed" it in the car.
>You may also have a bad master cylinder. I replaced mine this past spring
>and the first one I put on was spongy no matter what I did. The auto parts
>replaced it and the new one bled easily and gave a nice firm pedal.
>
>----Original Message-----
>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>To: 'MGS@autox.team.net' <MGS@autox.team.net>
>Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 3:44 PM
>Subject: Re: spongy pedal
>
>
>|You are completely right about the geometry contributing to the problem.
>|I guess the consensus is to just keep at it and it will eventually bleed
>|out.
>|
>|Drew Stieber had this to say:
>|
>|>I seem to remember that you cant get all of the air out of the rear
>|>cylinders due to the geometry. I dont rememeber but isnt the bleed screw
>on
>|>the bottom while the hose is on the top? This would always leave a little
>|>air in the system . I seem to remember this the last time I rebuilt a
>rear
>|>cylinder, but I know I eventuallly got it to work....
>|>
>|>Just a thought....
>|>
>|>Drew
>|>
>|
>|
>|--
>|
>|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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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.
|