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I can't see why the hard line is making air bubbles in the fluid. Try opening the bleed valve only while the pedal is moving down, so it can't suck in air there, or maybe pressure bleed with one of the devices sold for that. only other thought is the m/c is bad. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: <eggmeg@netzero.net> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: [T3] Master cylinder headaches > > Afternoon all, > > I'm having trouble bleeding the wheel cylinder on the right side front. After honing the cylinder and a rebuild kit I'm just getting bubbles and foam, some fluid. I disconnected the brake hose from the cylinder and bled from the hose. same results(new hose). I then removed the hose and bled from the hard line from the master cylinder and I still get the same results. The master cylinder is new but the hard line is not. My questions are #1 When I put the master cylinder in a while ago (the car is not on the road) I did not "bench bleed" the master cylinder. None of the manuals including Bently mention to do this. If so is there a technique article in the archives on how to.#2- When I installed the master I remember that The push rod might have to be adjusted. would this adjustment help or matter for the sake of bleeding? > just as a fyi I will probably replace the hard line. Ihave some spare tubing in the garage. Also It is a single master cylinder and not the tandem that your newer cars have. ;-) > Any help is appreciated. We're getting 6 inches of snow today So I will have some garage time this weekend. Thanks. > > John > 65 square (weezer) > (we name our cars for good karma sake. Give it a name and it will follow you anywhere!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~