[s-cars] Rear brake saga - The Questions have Ended!

[Theodore Chen]

eric,

next time, use loctite PST to seal the bleeder screws.  the problem
with teflon tape is that you wind up with a lot of shredded tape when
you remove or loosen the screw, and you don't want shrapnel floating
around in the brake fluid.

i don't use anything special to flush my brakes.  i just put a piece of
tubing on the bleeder screw and aim it into a jar.  i bleed both calipers
on one side of the car at a time (first the passenger side, then the
driver side) by pumping the brake pedal.  pump 8 times, refill MC, repeat
until fluid coming out is clear.  as long as the bleeder screws aren't
leaking, no air will get sucked into the calipers when you release the
pedal, because there will be fluid in the tubing.  i've been doing this
for years, including on my race cars, and never had any problems getting
a solid pedal.

-teddy

--- Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, at least about rear brakes.  Hey!  Stop that cheering out there,
> dammit.
> 
> :)
> 
> Brakes work great - I wrapped the bleeder screws in Teflon tape, and
> the problem of the vacuum bleeder sucking air past the threads ended. 
> I can see why folks recommended a pressure bleeder.  Heck, I have a
> cylinder of dry nitrogen, and that would have worked great as a
> pressurizing gas.  Maybe I'll make a pressure bleeder on my own - some
> tubing, a pressure vessel, and a spare MC cap - I'd be good to go.
> 
> I could tell that it had worked when I got everything closed up and
> pulled up on the e-brake.  It pulled up about the same travel as it
> had before I got my monkey-hands on the system.  I'm going to try and
> bleed the clutch this weekend while I'm puttering around the garage.
> 
> Now - I have a small hassle that I worked around, but it's still a
> bother - the left side hood hold-down doesn't release when I pull the
> handle inside the car.  I pull the center release "tongue" all the way
> out, and it releases, but I have to grab the "tongue" with a pair of
> pliers such that I can get my fingers on it.  Is there a quick and
> easy way to troubleshoot the hood release system?
> 
> Thanks to all (again), and I'm very happy to be driving my car again. 
> Wooohoooo!
> 
> Eric
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