The only time to be wary of pressing the pedal all the way down is when bleeding an OLD master cylinder, not a new one. This is to prevent the seals from riding on a portion of the cylinder thats dirty and gunked-up, because it normally hasn't had to travel that far, so crap tends to accumulate there. Not applicable to a new one........ Pump away merrily! Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "neil" <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: just replaced the Brake Master Cylinder, now what?
> Get a helper to pump pedal. > > When bleeding, do NOT press pedal all the way to > floor. Halfway is fine. > > There is lots in archives on bleeding brakes. > > It is a small wrench yes. A 7or 8mm if I recall. > > You can do this by yourself. I started a thread not > long ago that spawned some really useful info from > helpful listers. > > Search in title with these: > > Brake problem > > or > > Eng. off/cold > > Cheers, > > Neil. > > > > --- gary goldey <clonestar7@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > >> I just replaced a very worn out brake master >> cylinder on my 1984 Vanagon... >> >> First I bench bled the new cylinder, theni quickly >> installed it... >> >> brakes are a little spongy...I guess i need to >> bleed them....what size wrench am I going to need to >> pick up?...I bet it is small......do I really have >> to get the wife to help me pump and hold the brakes? >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more >> powerful email and get things done faster. >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > |
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