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Old Aug 17, 2003 | 11:50 PM
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So I have the whole car up on jackstands and Im working on the RR tire. I have Earl's solo bleeders and earl's brake lines. Do I replace the old bleeder valve with earl's bleeders, then what pump the brake pedal while refilling the master cylinder? I plan on changing my rotors and painting my calipers so what's the first step I should do. Remove the whole caliper and bracket? Im a rookie and I know some air bubbles came out this is also my first job so Im sure it wont be close to perfect but I would like to be assured my brakes will work after... any easier way of doing this since I will be removing everything.

I emptied out the old brake fluid with a syphone pump then without opening the bleeder valve I did pump the brake, does this mean I got air in the ABS?

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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 09:40 AM
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Is there ANY fluid in the master cylinder reservoir?

If not, you might be hosed ...

Doesn't mean the ABS module has air in it, but you might have some in the master cylinder. If so, a bench bleed is in order.
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Old Aug 18, 2003 | 11:49 AM
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there wasnt but now there is, how do I use the solo bleeders?

At the time all the bleeder valves were closed so nothing was moving.
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Old Aug 19, 2003 | 06:01 PM
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If your master was dry for any length of time youve messed up already. Please say that you just continually flushed bottles throug. The earls bleedes replace the ones that are on there now.
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