bleeding brakes *

["Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hugh, there is a picture of my bleeder and description of the process in the
54 saga

http://dte.net/57imperial/54Saga/54Part5.htm

KerryP
Patch panels fabricated
Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
dte.net/57imperial
Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
bunch of lesser marques
----- Original Message -----
From: Hugh & Therese <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: IML: bleeding brakes *


> Kerry,
>
> This seems to be a wonderful solution.  Simple and almost elegant.  Thanks
> so much.  I look forward to trying it and will report back on my success.
I
> had not been able to concieve of such a "pressure" system method myself.
> What a phenomenal internet community we have here!
>
> Hugh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:36 AM
> Subject: Re: IML: bleeding brakes *
>
>
> > Hugh, there is a relatively simply process for pressure bleeding your
> > system that will ensure NO air is in the system.  Get a small pump up
> garden
> > sprayer. (I think I gave 12 bucks for mine at Home Depot) Find a extra
> > master cylinder cap, drill a hole in it and put some type of hose stem
on
> it
> > that you can adapt to the garden sprayer hose.  Fill the garden hose
with
> > fresh brake fluid and give it a few pumps.  Then start cracking the
> bleeder
> > valves.  The fluid will be pushed through the lines under pressure and
no
> > air should remain.
> >
> > This is easy with two people but do-able alone.  It doesn't take much
> > pressure.
> >
> > I did this on my 54 so I could remote fill the master cylinder which was
> > under the fragile carpet.  I just put a vacuum cap on the end of the
> > modified cap when finished.
> >
> > KerryP
> > Patch panels fabricated
> > Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
> > dte.net/57imperial
> > Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 64, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300
and
> a
> > bunch of lesser marques
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hugh & Therese <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: Imperial Mailing List <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:17 AM
> > Subject: IML: bleeding brakes *
> >
> >
> > > * Read with a cockney accent for full effect
> > >
> > > Intending to dive the Imperial on Sunday I backed it out of the garage
> and
> > > washed it.  I cannot remember the last time I washed it, so it was
kind
> of
> > > nice to reacquaint my knuckles with all its nooks, crannies and
> crevices.
> > > Things got a little hectic and I ended up not using it and it stayed
on
> my
> > > short but steep driveway until around 10:00 PM.  Oh, you can only
> imagine
> > my
> > > joy when I restarted it to move it back into the garage to find I had
no
> > > brakes.  I did when I left the garage, which is level, of course.
> > >
> > > The friend who helped with the brakes last year, of whom some of you
do
> > not
> > > have the highest opinion, and I had discussed the still less than
> > acceptable
> > > braking I was getting from the car.  I have only tried to bleed and
> adjust
> > > the brakes once since last year.  No air was found, but a one or two
> shoes
> > > needed to be adjusted, now the new shoes had seated.  We concluded
there
> > was
> > > indeed still air in the line and that what we would have to do is jack
> up
> > > the rear end for a few days and let the bubbles rise through the fluid
> of
> > > their own accord so we could try to expel them once and for all.
> > Yesterdays
> > > impromptu experiment hopefully indicates that the idea just might
work.
> > So,
> > > when rain has moved out of the forecast, and both Mark and I can find
> some
> > > time in our crowded schedules, I will park it outside, nose down, and
> see
> > if
> > > the trapped air cannot be coaxed out of the system.
> > >
> > > If we should fail I do not know what to do next.  Since two
professional
> > > shops and countless hours of amateur labor have not managed to resolve
> the
> > > cars poor brakes, I am left with a rather obvious but unpalatable
> > > alternative.
> > >
> > > Hugh
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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