I'm wrapping up a Granada brake swap on my '66, and I'm trying to bench bleed the master cylinder using bleeder tubes. I'm using a MC from a '70 Mustang with power front discs. I bought a new MC from NAPA. The directions say to use 3/4" to 1" strokes to bleed the MC. They say to continue the process until the piston cannot be depressed more than 1/8" and no air bubbles are visible in the fluid.
Is 1/8" accurate? I can't get anywhere close to that. Actually, the piston did become tougher to push after the first few strokes, but it is nowhere close to preventing me from pushing the piston in an inch. I have worked on this for hours. This is the second MC I have tried.
If I'm only trying to get the air out, I have done that, but if I need to get the piston to where it will only travel 1/8", I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Is 1/8" accurate? I can't get anywhere close to that. Actually, the piston did become tougher to push after the first few strokes, but it is nowhere close to preventing me from pushing the piston in an inch. I have worked on this for hours. This is the second MC I have tried.
If I'm only trying to get the air out, I have done that, but if I need to get the piston to where it will only travel 1/8", I don't know what I'm doing wrong.