Bruce Krobusek wrote:
>
> For the past year, I've been wrestling with spongy brakes on my TR6.
> I've put enough DOT 4 fluid through the brake system to have put a
> significant dent in my finances had it been DOT 5. I then looked
> through my message archives, and found the following suggestion:
>
> = = = = = = = = = =
> From: William Davies <w.davies@virgin.net>
>
> This won't exactly answer your question (I have no fixed routine for
> bleeding the brakes, I just do it as it comes), but it's a good brake
> bleeding tip:
>
> If you've bled the brakes thoroughly, but still have some air in the
> system (slight sponginess, need to pump the pedal before full pressure),
> try removing the filler cap on the master cylinder, then pumping the
> pedal until it is firm. Now brace the pedal with a plank of wood (or
> whatever comes to hand) against the seat or any fixed point in the car.
> Leave for several hours (overnight in my case), and the air miraculously
> finds its own way back to the master cylinder and out. This really does
> work.
> Bill
> = = = = = = = = = =
>
> I'll be darned if this doesn't work! I did this to the car last night,
> tried
> the brakes this evening, and their perfect! Not that I'm trying to look a
> gift horse in the moouth or anything, but does anyone have an
> explanation as to why something like this works??
>
> Bruce
>
> Bruce A. Krobusek
> Rochester NY
> brucekro@aol.com
> CIS: 74106,1335
> '83 R80RT
> '72 TR6 CC75665LO
> '73 Stag LE23546UBW
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