Need help...can't bleed rear drums
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From: Riverside, Rhode Island
Car: 1987 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 2.8L V-6
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Need help...can't bleed rear drums
today i planned on bleeding the brakes but i couldnt get anything out of the back, the rear resevoir isn't working but the front is....
The brake fluid is good but the back brakes are dry....... Does the master cylinder have a reset button, if so where
Any help would be appretiated
* the rear drums were just redone
The brake fluid is good but the back brakes are dry....... Does the master cylinder have a reset button, if so where
Any help would be appretiated
* the rear drums were just redone
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Car: 85 Trans Am
Engine: 350
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that works, but I like to use a clear hose into a jar of clean fluid. have someone push and hold the brakes while you open the bleeder. (start with the pass. side) watch the bubbles go down the hose into the jar , close the bleeder before he releases the petal. repeat until there is no more bubbles. This should work. If not you may have other problems.
ps. I'm from your neck of the woods I live in FL now but I grew up in Bristol. I used to work right around the corner from riverside @ Cove Haven Marina
ps. I'm from your neck of the woods I live in FL now but I grew up in Bristol. I used to work right around the corner from riverside @ Cove Haven Marina
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From: Riverside, Rhode Island
Car: 1987 Pontiac Firebird
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Transmission: 5 speed manual
wow whats the odds of living that close at one time but as for the steps we have tried that.... apparrently someone put in the rubber thing wrong on the master cylinder, so as i was going through the steps it was pulling on the rubber.... and sucked it dry
One of my friends who is a mechanic told me their should be a reset switch and it was triggered since there was nothing left in it
He said it's like a little pin that can be pressed in... i dont know but if anyone knows where this is or if it even exists it would help
One of my friends who is a mechanic told me their should be a reset switch and it was triggered since there was nothing left in it
He said it's like a little pin that can be pressed in... i dont know but if anyone knows where this is or if it even exists it would help
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that is a pressure differential valve and I belive ours are self- centering. Meaning you shoudnt have to reset it. Someone correct me if I am wrong. You may have to try and bleed out the master (bench bleed) - Nat
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