[V8] RE: Pressure bleeding

[Kneale Brownson]

At 05:34 PM 08/28/2001 +0100, Iain Atkinson wrote:

>When i bled my brakes and master cylinder recently on my Urq using the
>eazibleed kit, i did the MC twice once with pedal up the other with pedal
>down, a tip given to me by Jim Haseltine (thanks again Jim), the theory
>being that pedal up and down gets rid of any air in either position.


I think you want to be careful about pushing the brake pedal down.  If the 
pedal travel pushes the MC piston beyond it normal range of travel inside 
its cylinder, it may reach spots where corrosion in the cylinder walls can 
tear up the seals.  Then you're looking at a new MC.