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Installed a remote brake fluid reservoir today and made a pressure bleeder from a weed sprayer.
That old DOT 5 brake fluid that came out was nasty. I used a gallon of DOT 3 today flushing and filling.
I bled the airpack then went to the rears and finally the front. I kept pumping the sprayed up a few times every time I moved to another wheel.
When i got to the last wheel I noticed a lot of brake fluid was falling down near the master cylinder.
I checked it out and there was a ton of fluid coming out of the boot on the front.
I released the pressure in the sprayer and the leak stopped.
I gave the brake pedal a few pumps and no leak.
I pressurized the sprayer again, with not as much pressure, and finished bleeding the front without any issues.
I got in the truck, started it up, and the pedal is hard and still no leaks.
I cautiously pulled out of the barn and drove back and forth on the level ground testing the brakes and checking for leaks.
I drove over to my neighbor's 300 acre farm and drove around the trails, doing some hard braking and such. I came back to the barn and no leaks.
I kept the speed way down and didn't go on any hills knowing the brakes could be goofed up.
So did something fix itself in the master cylinder or should I plan on doing a rebuild?
That old DOT 5 brake fluid that came out was nasty. I used a gallon of DOT 3 today flushing and filling.
I bled the airpack then went to the rears and finally the front. I kept pumping the sprayed up a few times every time I moved to another wheel.
When i got to the last wheel I noticed a lot of brake fluid was falling down near the master cylinder.
I checked it out and there was a ton of fluid coming out of the boot on the front.
I released the pressure in the sprayer and the leak stopped.
I gave the brake pedal a few pumps and no leak.
I pressurized the sprayer again, with not as much pressure, and finished bleeding the front without any issues.
I got in the truck, started it up, and the pedal is hard and still no leaks.
I cautiously pulled out of the barn and drove back and forth on the level ground testing the brakes and checking for leaks.
I drove over to my neighbor's 300 acre farm and drove around the trails, doing some hard braking and such. I came back to the barn and no leaks.
I kept the speed way down and didn't go on any hills knowing the brakes could be goofed up.
So did something fix itself in the master cylinder or should I plan on doing a rebuild?
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