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Old Nov 26, 2024 | 11:13 PM
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It was months ago. Actually I think I had to fix a bad line.

took the old master off. It leaks out of the front hole. Nothing comes out of the back home.
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Park lesabre
It was months ago. Actually I think I had to fix a bad line.

took the old master off. It leaks out of the front hole. Nothing comes out of the back home.
Did you bench bleed the master? If not that'* your problem.
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 03:22 PM
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Well I just went to the junk yard and got a master free thrown in with the other parts.
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 05:20 PM
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A used master cylinder from a car this old is probably not going to be a great idea.
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 06:01 PM
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With the change of a master cylinder there is still 0 brakes. I’m a gambler and the odds of both being bad is very unlikely.

yes I’ve tried bleeding thru both by caliper and by master. Sure it bleeds it somewhat but not as good as a working bleeder.

I’ll try bleeding again maybe I got the biggest air block ever. I’ll also try to find a vacuum gauge tester and see if I’m reading between the normal range.

normal reading is between 15” and 20” Hg (50 and 70 kpa) at idle.[4]
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 06:16 PM
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Is this with the junkyard master cylinder?
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 08:13 PM
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Yes it came from a salvage yard
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Old Dec 4, 2024 | 07:15 AM
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Should there not be fluid pushed out of bot lines from the master cylinder? When I got the free used ones I cut the lines So I installed those 2 lines and pumped the brakes seeing one shoot out fluid the other nothing.
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Old Dec 4, 2024 | 11:04 PM
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Yes, fluid should come out of both. One is for the front wheels and the other is for the rear.
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Old Dec 5, 2024 | 08:06 AM
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Ordered a new master.

Is it one line for front one for back or one for right side one for left.
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