- Joined
- Dec 9, 2011
- Messages
- 360
- Reaction score
- 2
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- Location
- GR Michigan
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 95' 4.0 OHV
- Transmission
- Manual
so i have a 1986 b2 500$
picked her up last friday
she was sitting for 10 years
i got the mouse nest outta the intake, unstuck the throttle body, and she fired right up, after i put a new ignition lock and tumbler in.
i backed her outta the drive and went to hit the brakes and they went straight to the floor, yeah i know 10 years sitting will rot out brake lines and components especially in michigan.
so i proceeded to replace every single brake component, all new lines, flex hoses, calipers, wheel cylinders, pads and shoes, all the way around!!!!
have about 150$ into this and a few man hours...
went to bleed the brakes and i couldnt get any sort of peddle after going around 4 plus times, and i wasnt getting any air out, i figured the master cylinder must be shot too from sitting 10 years,
so i went and got a reman 28$, and same thing i had a little brakes but not much..
so i read up a bit online and heard alot of not so great things about reman master cylinders.
so i returned it and got a brand new one. 50$
ive been bleeding and vacumn pumping all day with no luck.....
ive been bleeding brakes since i was old enough to reach the peddle for my dad, and ive never had so many problems
heres my bleeding senarios
1st bench blead the master cylinder using the bench bleeding hoses that come with the kit, pumped her till there was no air coming out of the mastercylinder outlets
then put the cap on so no fluid would leak out,or any air get sucked in, then attached my front and rear lines i opened all the bleeders and let fluid run freely then tigtened them and procceded to pressure bleed with a peddle pusher. till all aparent air was out.
i bleed in the right sequence rr, lr, rf, lf.
several times, over and over again
and my peddle is still mush
if i pump about 5 times i get a lil pressure to the pads but i lose it very quickly....
whats the secret??
i also have a electronic vacumn pump that exceeds the hand held ones and tried using that, doing a one man bleed with no luck....
i have 5 hrs into trying to bleed this thing today and really want to get her bleed so i can go get her registered and tear some shiit up.
if i cant get her fixed tom im going to have to take her to a shop, which pisses me off im this far, i have a 28yo truck with 3 day old brakes and they wont work..
the only thing i havent replaced is the booster, but i should be able to get a nice firm pedle even if thats bad correct??,
i just want brakes before i brake!!!
picked her up last friday
she was sitting for 10 years
i got the mouse nest outta the intake, unstuck the throttle body, and she fired right up, after i put a new ignition lock and tumbler in.
i backed her outta the drive and went to hit the brakes and they went straight to the floor, yeah i know 10 years sitting will rot out brake lines and components especially in michigan.
so i proceeded to replace every single brake component, all new lines, flex hoses, calipers, wheel cylinders, pads and shoes, all the way around!!!!
have about 150$ into this and a few man hours...
went to bleed the brakes and i couldnt get any sort of peddle after going around 4 plus times, and i wasnt getting any air out, i figured the master cylinder must be shot too from sitting 10 years,
so i went and got a reman 28$, and same thing i had a little brakes but not much..
so i read up a bit online and heard alot of not so great things about reman master cylinders.
so i returned it and got a brand new one. 50$
ive been bleeding and vacumn pumping all day with no luck.....
ive been bleeding brakes since i was old enough to reach the peddle for my dad, and ive never had so many problems
heres my bleeding senarios
1st bench blead the master cylinder using the bench bleeding hoses that come with the kit, pumped her till there was no air coming out of the mastercylinder outlets
then put the cap on so no fluid would leak out,or any air get sucked in, then attached my front and rear lines i opened all the bleeders and let fluid run freely then tigtened them and procceded to pressure bleed with a peddle pusher. till all aparent air was out.
i bleed in the right sequence rr, lr, rf, lf.
several times, over and over again
and my peddle is still mush
if i pump about 5 times i get a lil pressure to the pads but i lose it very quickly....
whats the secret??
i also have a electronic vacumn pump that exceeds the hand held ones and tried using that, doing a one man bleed with no luck....
i have 5 hrs into trying to bleed this thing today and really want to get her bleed so i can go get her registered and tear some shiit up.
if i cant get her fixed tom im going to have to take her to a shop, which pisses me off im this far, i have a 28yo truck with 3 day old brakes and they wont work..
the only thing i havent replaced is the booster, but i should be able to get a nice firm pedle even if thats bad correct??,
i just want brakes before i brake!!!