Reply to "Brake Bleeding"

I was trouble shooting a problem during this process. In desperation I tired that. I made a lid with a port and pulled a vacuum in the reservoir. It really did not seem to do much. I think good flow through the system seems to be best but that's just me.

The darn mechanic on this build (me) needs to have his licensed checked. I could not get a good pedal and pulled my hair our running lots of fluid through the system, pumping brakes, etc.

Turns out the dumbass (me) who swapped the plungers in the master cyl forgot to put the plunger caps back on.

I did learn one thing I would do the next time I do a *new* brake system and that is lightly pressurize the system dry.

An air leak can make you pull your hair out trying to find. It is hard to find pumping brakes or pulling a vacuum as it pulls the air in.

Next time I am going to lightly pressurize the reservoir cap (20psi or so, not much) and spray all connections with soapy water.

I had one leaky fitting. The way I found it was pulling 25psi at the tank then shutting off any noise in the shop, radio fan, etc, then shutting off the pump. The tank would still pull pressure for a while. I moved around and heard it sucking in through a fitting in one of the calipers.

I freaking hate bleeding brakes.....Doesn't everyone?