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I'll pass on something that was passed to me by another Lister, but
seems nonsensical on the surface:
I had the same problem you're having with my BN2. Someone suggested
pumping up the pedal as hard as possible, then hold pressure on the
pedal with something; I used a 2x4 of appropriate size backed-up by the
seat pan. I let it sit overnight and, in the morning I had good pedal!
There's no rational explanation for this phenomenon, but it's worth a
try when all else fails (the only thing I can think of is the M/C is
kind of wonky and makes bleeding difficult).
On 8/30/2022 5:26 PM, warthodson--- via Healeys wrote:
> We have been trying for several months to bleed the brakes on RHD BN1,
> to no avail. The car has been professionally restored & appears to be
> in excellent condition. Today, we tried again to bleed the system
> following the shop manual. I.E. backing off the adjusters on the front
> & back & bleeding & then readjusting the brakes. The results were the
> same. There seems to be an excessively large amount of pedal travel
> before the brakes are engaged & when engaged they feel "spongy". We
> have access to 2 other 100's for reference. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated. Also, we are not clear on the adjustment of the free play
> of the master cylinder.
> Gary Hodson
>
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I'll pass on something that was passed to me by another Lister, but
seems nonsensical on the surface:<br>
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I had the same problem you're having with my BN2. Someone suggested
pumping up the pedal as hard as possible, then hold pressure on the
pedal with something; I used a 2x4 of appropriate size backed-up by
the seat pan. I let it sit overnight and, in the morning I had good
pedal! There's no rational explanation for this phenomenon, but it's
worth a try when all else fails (the only thing I can think of is
the M/C is kind of wonky and makes bleeding difficult).<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/30/2022 5:26 PM, warthodson--- via
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<div style="color:black;font: 12pt Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">We
have been trying for several months to bleed the brakes on RHD
BN1, to no avail. The car has been professionally restored &
appears to be in excellent condition. Today, we tried again to
bleed the system following the shop manual. I.E. backing off the
adjusters on the front & back & bleeding & then
readjusting the brakes. The results were the same. There seems
to be an excessively large amount of pedal travel before the
brakes are engaged & when engaged they feel "spongy". We
have access to 2 other 100's for reference. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Also, we are not clear on the adjustment of
the free play of the master cylinder.
<div>Gary Hodson  </div>
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