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CRXZC
07-06-2008, 10:23 PM
Okay,

So I'm generally not completely handicapped..

My dad and I changed two wheel cylinders on the back of his old 68 Triumph GT6. Once we got them all installed we started bleeding them, starting from the furthest wheel from the MC. All was well until we went to the other side in the rear and found out that the brake hose that was crimped with vice-grips temporarily had sprung a leak. We replaced the brake line and started bleeding, but started from the wrong side. Now when going to the passenger rear there's basically zero pressure or flow when bleeding.

Anybody have any ideas how to fix my situation, or what might be wrong.

I'm around 99% sure that the MC is good - it's some sort of air issue.

I'm reading about gravity Bleeding - is this an option?

Or should I take the car for a drive and then try bleeding afterwards?

Any ideas??

Help!

blackfoot
07-09-2008, 08:01 PM
crack all 4 bleeder screws open and close them as fluid starts to drip from them.

at that point return to your typical way of bleeding the breaks

CRXZC
07-10-2008, 07:10 AM
Figured out the problem - the other rear brake hose sprung a leak but we couldn't see at at the time in the dark. Was just sucking air.

Everything is good now :D