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Old May 13, 2005 | 08:28 AM
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I swaped calipers on all four corners of my car, the car sat for about a month on jack stands so I know all the brake fluid drained out. I installed all the brakes now & have bled them three times & they are still real soft. My concern is the ABS Module was empty meaning it needs to be bled also. Is there anyway to do this without a Tech2?
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Old May 13, 2005 | 08:51 AM
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I used did gravity bleading when I did my calipars and linelock. I haven't had any problems.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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Bleed it to the best pedal you can get. Put it together & drive it.
At 15 mph the ABS will do a self test & cycle the dump valves.
Then take it back & rebleed it again. All the air should now be out.
You have to drive it though, there's no fooling it.
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Old May 13, 2005 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by wrencher
Bleed it to the best pedal you can get. Put it together & drive it.
At 15 mph the ABS will do a self test & cycle the dump valves.
Then take it back & rebleed it again. All the air should now be out.
You have to drive it though, there's no fooling it.
So this negates the need to do the tech 2?
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Old May 13, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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Yes but a tech II or other capable scan tool makes life much easier.
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Cool thanks guys Ill bleed them one more time this weekend then go & drive at 15mph. then come back & bleed them again. How long do I need to drive like that?
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Old May 13, 2005 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 99PewterZ28
Cool thanks guys Ill bleed them one more time this weekend then go & drive at 15mph. then come back & bleed them again. How long do I need to drive like that?
What'd you swap the calipers for?

Oh, and I hope that you can get them bled before tomorrow. The drive from Springville to Trussville would suck with no brakes.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by wrencher
Yes but a tech II or other capable scan tool makes life much easier.
Are there any other scanners or programmers capable of this that you know of? I haven't heard of any yet.
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You need to drive it for a couple a min at least. Get it up above 15 though. That is the threshhold MPH.
As for scanners the snap-on newer 2 the modus & solis are supost to do bleeding on the newer delco systems.
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