If you are using a vacuum unit, it sounds like you are sucking air through
one (or more) of your tubing connections. Try the pedal pumping with all
valves closed & see where there might be a leak.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas M OBrien <tmobrien@juno.com>
To: <60schevy@topica.com>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Brake Bleeding
> I just got done installing a new brake system on the old Apache - new
> master cylinder, brake hoses, wheel cylinders, the whole nine yards...My
> problem is I've pumped about half a gallon of brake fluid through just
> one wheel cylinder with the Mityvac over a couple hours and I am still
> getting air through the lines. I double checked my shop manuals and I
> can't think of what else to do except hook up the system to a pressure
> bleeder, which I don't have access to; I still don't have any peddle
> pressure. Please help, I really want to get Big Red back on the road
> again sometime soon. Thanks for your help.
>
> Tom O
> Oregon
> 60 Apache K20
>
> P.S. Yes, I did bench bleed the master cylinder beforehand.
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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