Gearhead Question: Master Cylinder
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morgan1's Ford Festiva. Here's a pic:
Now, when I bench bled the Master Cylinder, I got a good vigorous squirt out of the port labeled "A"
However, from port "B" I got nothing, and then later just a trickle.
When I got the trickle I went ahead and hooked it up and proceeded to bleed out the system. LF and RR bled nicely. RF and LR would not bleed-the air comes out-the air goes back it. Also, noteworthy is that after bleeding LF and RR, there was a reduction is reservoir contents, however attempts to bleed RF and LR resulted in no such reduction.
Made a second attempt to bench bleed with similar results as first. There is suction when cylinder is released, but no squirties when it is compressed.
I suspect there may be a blockage or defect that is preventing Brake Fluid from entering the inlet that serves "B" and sustpect I might need to return the part. There are other craftsmanship issues with this part as well, but the inability to bleed port "B" is a showstopper.
Thoughts?
morgan1's Ford Festiva. Here's a pic:Now, when I bench bled the Master Cylinder, I got a good vigorous squirt out of the port labeled "A"
However, from port "B" I got nothing, and then later just a trickle.
When I got the trickle I went ahead and hooked it up and proceeded to bleed out the system. LF and RR bled nicely. RF and LR would not bleed-the air comes out-the air goes back it. Also, noteworthy is that after bleeding LF and RR, there was a reduction is reservoir contents, however attempts to bleed RF and LR resulted in no such reduction.
Made a second attempt to bench bleed with similar results as first. There is suction when cylinder is released, but no squirties when it is compressed.
I suspect there may be a blockage or defect that is preventing Brake Fluid from entering the inlet that serves "B" and sustpect I might need to return the part. There are other craftsmanship issues with this part as well, but the inability to bleed port "B" is a showstopper.
Thoughts?
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Date: 2005-03-14 01:22 am (UTC)You need to follow to exact procedure in the shop manual to get the thing bled properly :-/
Mako
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Date: 2005-03-14 02:31 am (UTC)And did follow the procedure outlined in the Haynes Manual.
I might mess around with it a little more tomorrow night, but after that I'm going to have to conclude that it's fscked and get a replacement.
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Date: 2005-03-14 02:55 am (UTC)Mako