[V8] My brakes, what am I doing wrong??

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Seamus,

My guess (and it's only a guess) is that your rear proportioning valve (in
front of driver's side rear tire) is sticking, thereby not allowing the
fluid to be properly bled. I suggest some lubricant on the mechanism.  Also,
12 psi should be ok in my experience.

Good luck.

Ingo

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Seamus O'Carey
<cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>wrote:

> I finally finished replacing the brake servo and rear calipers on the
> silver
> car, so yesterday I was able to bleed the brakes (swapping in SS lines as I
> went), but I must be doing something wrong.  My boss has a pressure bleeder
> for his Porsche, so I borrowed it to assist with the bleeding, but I could
> hardly get anything to come out of the calipers.  I followed the sequence
> described in the manual, keeping the gauge around 10psi, but very little
> fluid would come out of the calipers.  When I got back to the right rear
> brake no fluid came out at all.  I had to have my roommate help me do it
> the
> old fashioned way (pump the pedal a bunch then hold it while I open the
> valve and close it again), but I was under the impression that the pressure
> bleeder made that not necessary.  I drove the car around the block and it
> stops much better than it ever did before, but the pedal is still VERY
> squishy and the BRAKE light is still on.
>
> I'm getting pretty frustrated.  The car's been sitting for well over 6
> months and even when the brakes are done I still need to do the shocks and
> cv boots, before it will really be safe to drive.
>
> Seamus
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