Re: pressure brake bleeding help - am I clueless or just forgetting something?

[Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com>]

Huw Powell wrote:
> 
> OK, I've borrowed my neighbors pressure bleeder.  It's about a 2 gallon
> tank with air in the bottom, under a diaphram and fluid goes in the
> top.  Done that, in fact there is obviously pressure at the mc, since
> the reservoir is bulging a bit (uh-oh!).  But when I loosen bleeder
> screws, expecting a torrent of fluid, all I get is a little drip - what
> am I forgetting?  Anyone know or have a good guess?
> 
> Thanks hugely in advance!
> 

Are we talking fwd or Q? My guess is you are opening a bleeder at the
rear end of the vehicle and your proportioning valve is not letting the
low pressure fluid past. This happened on my fwd 4000. No problem on the
4kq.
Wolff