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Why does nobody mention how a $6 can of brake fluid ruined my whole weekend
Last month I decided to bleed the brakes on my 1967 Chevy C10 in my dad's garage in Modesto, and I figured it would take an afternoon at most. I let the master cylinder run dry twice because I was watching the pedal instead of the reservoir, and that pulled a bunch of air into the lines. I ended up pumping through almost a whole quart trying to get a firm pedal back, and it still felt mushy the next morning. Turns out I had the bleeder screws open too far, so air was creeping back in around the threads every time I let off. My neighbor Fred, who messes with old Broncos, came over and told me to put Teflon tape on the threads and start from the wheel farthest from the master. Twenty minutes later the pedal was rock hard and I felt like an idiot. My dad never had this problem because he used a pressure bleeder he built out of a garden sprayer back in the 80s. Do any of you still bench bleed the master before you touch the lines, or do you just wing it like I did?
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