Call FAST - phones are pretty busy but they have (IMO) the greatest thing in customer service - call back. You just enter your phone number and they call you back when your place in line is reached.... way to go FAST!
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Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View PostI did the helper way.... there was still air. That said, if you look at where the master cylinder is in relation to the calipers, there isn't that much vertical distance between the two and there's a deep down then back up... which is why I trusted my mechanic friend when he said it needed to be power bled (Okay, honestly, I trust him because he's trustworthy - but I didn't even skeptically consider what he said - that gravity and friend bleeding would have a different result - because he said it)Last edited by TheSilverBuick; June 17, 2013, 10:42 AM.Escaped on a technicality.
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Originally posted by TheSilverBuick View PostI got the speed bleeders in all four calipers on my Skylark and since then have had zero issues getting the air out of the lines. I had to disconnect the rear brake line to swap out the rear axle, which then proceeded to drain my rear resevoir as I didn't cap or plug the brake line. Hooked it up, topped off the resevoir, opened both bleeders (with hoses on them going to a drain pan), laid into the pedal a dozen times until the resevoir was low, topped it off, then openned the right rear, hit the pedal with a combination of fast short pulses and a couple long full travel ones, topped off the resevoir, repeated for the left side. Then for the heck of it I laid a cinder block on the brake pedal and cracked each bleeder to observe the fluid and neither had any air come out. I had to do a brake caliper adjustment (pain in the rear, 70's GM rear calipers do not auto adjust well...) because excessive travel of the piston made the pedal low and soft, but once I turned the pistons out and tightened up the clearances the pedal is rock solid.
- and Comcast gave me that "call back" option, or I could wait approximately one minute... I waited.
...it's been hours, has FAST called back?Last edited by yellomalibu; June 17, 2013, 06:24 PM.
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If I were an engineer I would have a label for a reset button that says "reset". Oh wait, I am an engineer. I also vehemently believe that every electronic device should have a true power off button. But that's just me...1970 Camaro RS - SOLD | 2000 Camaro SS - Traded in for a Hyundai...
1966 Ford Thunderbird - SOLD | 1963 MGB, abandoned V8 project, FOR SALE/SCRAP
1978 Cutlass - Post Lay-off daily driver
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Originally posted by 1970camaroRS View PostIf I were an engineer I would have a label for a reset button that says "reset". Oh wait, I am an engineer. I also vehemently believe that every electronic device should have a true power off button. But that's just me...Last edited by Beagle; June 20, 2013, 06:21 AM.Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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The EZ system doesn't reset when you unplug - it just doesn't have an "off" button (boo)Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; June 21, 2013, 02:41 PM.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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pretty much all of my memory of p.c. includes a nickel sized battery saying you didn't really turn it off. I've had to pull batteries on honery (sp) pc's to get them to turn "off" before. It's a figurative term on any small device these days, they never really turn off.
Anyway... what happened with the mufflers?Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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Originally posted by yellomalibu View PostFlushing brake fluid is something that rarely gets done. The hygroscopic nature of brake fluid attracting water, over many years (decades) probably leads to the internal rusting of the lines.
... or maybe I'm over thinking it and it's just that steel brake lines rust after a while.
no rust, and not a r.p.i.t.a to bend like s/sLast edited by NewEnglandRaceFan; June 22, 2013, 01:52 AM.
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Originally posted by NewEnglandRaceFan View Posthttp://www.agscompany.com/automotive...n-lines/nicopp
no rust, and not a r.p.i.t.a to bend like s/sDoing it all wrong since 1966
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Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Posthuh?
I was done talking about computers. I bet all the A.D.D people in the room realized I changed tracks!Last edited by Beagle; June 22, 2013, 05:40 AM.Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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Originally posted by Beagle View PostI lost track of what happened with the baffles - what did you end up doing with them?
I was done talking about computers. I bet all the A.D.D people in the room realized I changed tracks!
there are today projects and there are other projects - the baffle thing falls under "other" ... just like my promised drive line shortening postsDoing it all wrong since 1966
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