On Saturday 17 February 2007 07:52 pm, Jon wrote:
> Now that just about every line on the truck has been replaced,
> the system is finally holding pressure. However, the pedal is
> soft and the brakes are marginal.
Sounds like air in the system, somewhere, yes.
> a quart through it but still no luck. I don't recall how low the master
> cylinder got during the time that the truck sat, but it is entirely
> possible that it emptied. Could the air be in the MC, and if so
> does it need to be bench bled? Any chance I can do it on the truck?
Looking at the friendly manual, it looks like you could bleed it on the truck.
Just remove the brake lines, install some more lines that you can route back
to the fill hole, and bleed the MC using the brake pedal instead of using a
stick to push the piston. Then re-bleed the rest of the system.
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