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Hi.....

 

Have just renewed the discs, pads, flex pipes (HEL S/S) and o'hauled the cylinders on my Mk5 1992 130ps 1.8 cabby...260mm vented front

discs and rear disc/drums as per RS2000.....( don't think it's ABS, as no wheel sensors or elect pump,M/Cyl rectangle 80x135mm)

 

Just going to refill and bleed system with "CASTROL RESPONSE SUPER DOT 4" useing a GUNSON EEZIBLEED KIT.. but.. seems to be a conflict

on the bleed sequence....GUNSONS say start at wheel furthest away from M/Cyl, & finish at nearest... HAYNES say start F/Left then

R/Right,then F/Right ,and R/Left.......

 

Any 1 any idea as to which is the better bleed method,??....Is this CASTROL "S" DOT 4 Ok for this system??...also should I have fitted

shims behind the new pads....as there were no shims supplied with pads???

 

Thanks PEPS in advance for any replys to my prob'....... "Rustler". :unsure::unsure::unsure:

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yeah furthest away first is how I've always done it too.

 

 

 

 

Yea.. Thanks guys...have just bleed them but found "NO PEDAL"........... I think that having left the system open for a couple of weeks

 

whilst overhauling the front calipers and waiting for the rears to arrive from Uk, all the fluid had drained from the M/CYL and

 

has therefore caused a M/C prob and won't bleed properly till something's done to rectify the M/C prob..whatever that is :unsure:

 

BLOODY BRAKES,,,,,,,Rustler...

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hi rus, check out the post i put up on this page 4 bleeding nightmare, thats wat wrked 4 me wen i did the same & emptied the master cylnder!!!!!

 

regards mark

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hey rus how ya gettin on wiv the air lock?

 

 

 

 

Hi Avul....Yea.. all OK now!! A mate of mine ,an ex, Volvo/L,Rover fitter who's just retired over here to France,came over

 

to give me a hand with a few other minor jobs on the CABBY. He said "Do It The Old Tried And Tested Way"....2 man

 

jobbie,which we did and have now got a "GOOD PEDAL"............So we're now all fit to go on this Classic/Veteran

 

car run on Sunday....The CABBIES first full day out of it's stable since I bought it back in October 2009,and we

 

"WILL" be driving "TOPLESS"..even if it chuck's it down...................................Had to take the CABBY

 

into the Ford Main Dealer yesterday to get it checked over for a "Certificate of Conformaty" ....in order to apply

 

for FREACH registration.....We were very pleased and somewhat "FLATTERED" to find all the service bay fitters stop

 

work an crowd around our CABBY.......I think most of them would have been in short pants when she left the GERMAN

 

factory in April 1992..

 

....................Any Way, M8, Thanks for your interest and other topic on Bleeding Brakes.................

 

---------------Regards .......Rustler....."The Oldest Cabbier"....(YEA ..78yrs young on Monday !!) :rolleyes:

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Hi m8, where's the classic car run on Sunday????

 

 

Hi Tony..

 

Well it's listed on AngloINFO web as "Le Grand Pique-Nique pour voitures classiques"...the Guy who is organising it is:- Steve Thompson on

 

05 45 78 43 55 ,or 06 18 67 11 71....The run starts from BAZAC near CHALAIS which is on the D674 about halfway between Angouleme & Libourne.

 

Cars will assemble at 09.30 in BAZAC for coffee & croissants and leave at around 10.00hrs for a leisurely run to "Lac Jemaye" for lunch.Any

 

car or motorbike that is either "Vintage/Classic,or Interesting" is welcome.....but please contact Steve Thompson by telephone by mid-day on

 

Saturday at the latest...........Hope we may see you there..........Regards Rustler...."The Oldest Cabbier" :rolleyes: ...

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well done rus, gd wrk & glad u got it sorted,

 

yea the old ways r tried & tested & wrk, so why not still use them, i still done, i always gravity bleed just done that on my bimmer all new brake's all round & stops on a six pence now, gotta love bigger brake's :drivin:

really 78 m8??? well done 4 that 1 stayin so young, take it ur keepin the rust off urself aswell as the cab, lol :tongue:

 

oh & pleased u got a gd croud frm the machanic's.

 

regards mark

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