Have you depressed the pedal with the pressure on the reservoir? I do the same
thing, and have had the same experience, only I use my Mighty Vac set on the
"blow cycle". Works great, but only when I depress the pedal.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "bill b." <w_burrell at yahoo.com>
To: "midgetsprite group" <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>; "spridget list"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: Pressure bleeding brake system
> Having not had much luck with the vacuum type
> bleeders, since the bleeder valves suck a lot of air,
> I fashioned a pressure bleeding system. Small brass
> valve stem in BMC cap. Hose to compressor.
> Approximately 10 pounds of air pressure. Something
> seems amiss. The pressure at the bleeders is way low.
> Read: Front, dribble, dribble, dribble. Rear, barely a
> drop. At the risk of blowing all seals, etc., I am
> tempted to increase pressure. Thought to ask the list
> of BTDT folks to gain insight.
>
>
> Whachathink?
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