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So we tried again this afternoon, and I think we have a bad new master cylinder. We made up a bench bleeder from some brake line with clear tubing on the end so we could see what was going on. The front resoviour (rear brakes) bled quickly. The rear resoviour (front disc) never would cycle any...
After reading this and talking to a older tech that had experience with these that said the exact same thing, I think we are going to make up a correct master cylinder bleeder and restart from this point. Will keep you posted.
We bled the master cylinder on the truck, pumped it up and cracked the lines one at a time. Got some air out, then started at the wheels in the normal order.
Yeah I haven't removed the bleeders so they could be partially clogged.
A collapsed line should still have hard pedal but have issues...
We were bleeding it with engine off, have you had issues like this due to the hydro boost unit? I've had them fail before on other vehicles and it resulted in no brake boost with a very hard, high pedal.
So I've been helping a friend with his 88 CUCV Blazer and it's really making us scratch our heads. So for a while he's had a issue where the red brake light came on in the dash if he mashed the pedal real hard. Well the fluid had always been full and we had tried bleeding the brakes with no...
If you were in Carolina is say go see your DMV inspection and theft office. It's a different office than where you would get your plates or drivers license. Here every one that has a state inspection license has to answer to them also. Here they would be the ones to help set you straight. They...
Make sure your fully in high or low also, when I shift ranges it most always stalls when engaged after going back into high. After that jolt I can push the lever down a little more and it resumes normal operation.
I had another tech runaway a 7.3 Ford right beside me! It came in for a no start, he put a starter and batteries in it cause it was cranking so slow. We found out later the customer was loading it with ether. I was standing back to it working on a set of u joints on a table right beside the...