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After 'Bench Bleeding'... 200

...you can prevent fluid loss from the Master Cylinder, when reconnecting the car's brake lines by following these steps:

1) Mount the MC to the booster with Bleeder Hoses/Lines still in place.

2) Improvise a prop to hold the brake pedal depressed about an inch and a half (1.5"). This will prevent fluid loss when removing bleeder lines.

3) Reconnect the main brake lines, but leave slightly loose to do a final pedal bleed, as Cliff Pope suggests below, while tightening the connections.

A complete system bleeding is probably in order, since the results of the previous one are somewhat questionable.
--
Bruce Young,
'93 940-NA (current), '80 GLE V8 (Sold), '86 240dl, '85 244 ti, '83 245t
'76 244 (R.I.P at 255k), 73 142 (98K), '71 144 (ex circle track car)
Used '70 144 from '78 to '92, New 144 from '67 to '78, Used '62 122 from '63 to '67






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New Replacing Brake Master Cylinder [200]
posted by  neilj  on Fri Jan 30 01:37 CST 2004 >


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