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Yes, bleeder is in front and hose is in the rear ( 9 oclock and 3 oclock) I bled the brakes this morning. Solid fluid coming out but just out of couriosity, I tried to gravity bleed the front left. No fluid flow. (The rubber lines are new.) I will check pedal free play again. I set the push rod to bently specs. I just hope that the "rebuilt" MC is the correct model. The rebuild on the old MC is an issue. I think I spoke to you once before about how my local VW mechanic wont rebuild it or sell the parts. Claims he'll be libel. Are the 19mm kits available? Thanks -- John 65 square (weezer) 04 jetta It may be ugly but she's all mine! > > > Calipers never left their respective sides. besides the 65 fronts have > > the hose on one side of the brake plate and the bleeder on the other. > > Hmmm, a '65 would have had drum brakes. Both the hose and the bleeder should be > in the inside face of the backing plate. Do you mean that one is in front and > one is in the rear? That sounds right. > > > I wasn't getting fluid to the rear until I replaced the rear hoses. > > The fluid does not flow under gravity. > > Once the hoses were replaced the fluid should flow by gravity. Is it possible > that you don't have any free play at the pedal? > > > How can I preserve my original MC for future use, if needed? > > Rebuild it now, coat the bore with silicone fluid when you assemble it. I use > Dow-Corning Silicone 200 Fluid with a viscosity of 100,000 Centistokes. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~