master cylinder bleeding

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cyberborikua
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider 2000

master cylinder bleeding

Post by cyberborikua »

Hi. I am replacing the MC and brake booster. Can anybody explain how to bleed the MC? I checked the repair manual and it does not say anything about it or as though there is no need to bleed it.
Roberto

1979 Fiat Spider 2000
1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible
2005 Toyota ECHO
2007 Honda Pilot
grrrdot
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Re: master cylinder bleeding

Post by grrrdot »

If you like you can bench bleed it by hooking up the reservoir and running lines from the outlets back into it. Pretty standard operation but a PITA with the remote reservoir.
Personally, I’ve been successful just hooking it all up and vacuum bleeding the system.
-G
cyberborikua
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Re: master cylinder bleeding

Post by cyberborikua »

Thanks.
Roberto

1979 Fiat Spider 2000
1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible
2005 Toyota ECHO
2007 Honda Pilot
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azruss
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Re: master cylinder bleeding

Post by azruss »

fill the MC with fluid before you connect the brake lines. start bleeding the longest line first (LR, then RR, then LF, then RF)
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