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1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Carmine"
1973 MG MGB GT "Eliza - FIRST PLACE - MG2013" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red" |
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Tim -
Start at the furthest away and work towards the MC.
Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR
(TD 4288)
"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011
79/65 MGB - Carmine- V-6 - T-5
This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!
Start at the furthest away and work towards the MC.
Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR
(TD 4288)
"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011
79/65 MGB - Carmine- V-6 - T-5
This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!
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Otis, OR, USA
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1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Carmine"
1973 MG MGB GT "Eliza - FIRST PLACE - MG2013" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red" |
Aug 20, 2014 10:52 AM
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Steve types faster than I do!
I heard the reason for starting furthest away is that if you start closer, you may "contaminate" the closer lines with air while bleeding the further ones. Kind of made sense to me.
Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR
(TD 4288)
"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011
79/65 MGB - Carmine- V-6 - T-5
This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!
I heard the reason for starting furthest away is that if you start closer, you may "contaminate" the closer lines with air while bleeding the further ones. Kind of made sense to me.
Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR
(TD 4288)
"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011
79/65 MGB - Carmine- V-6 - T-5
This car is now very nearly completely done. Sure to find something else, but not now.........And 12 years later, I'm starting to fix things that were new when we built the car. It's pretty well de-bugged!
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In reply to # 2774478 by 29desoto
Steve types faster than I do!
I heard the reason for starting furthest away is that if you start closer, you may "contaminate" the closer lines with air while bleeding the further ones. Kind of made sense to me.
I heard the reason for starting furthest away is that if you start closer, you may "contaminate" the closer lines with air while bleeding the further ones. Kind of made sense to me.
Another similar reason:
"The reason behind bleeding farthest to nearest is because if there is air in the rear brake lines and you bleed the front first it will draw that air back into the brake lines. You'll get the air out of the front since the lines to the front brakes are short, but the lines to the rear of the car are quite long, so the air just gets stuck in the middle.
If you are like most you bleed the brake several times before going to the next brake, thus drawing the air well into the brake system.
There is a chance you might not ever get a nice firm pedal. The air would just keep going back and forth but never out."
 Danville Va, USA
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