Going to give this a try when I get done working today. One question though...Yeah, I think you need to go a little tighter.
I bleed my brakes a little bit differently than everyone else. I have the motive pressure bleeder, but to be honest I don't like using it.
Here's how I bleed my brakes. Get a little hose and bottle and connect to the bleeder. Crack the bleeder open enough so that fluid will come out. In the driver's seat, start pumping away. Pump to about 75-80% of full travel, lift and repeat. Leave the bleeder open the entire time and watch the flow. It should come out pretty well. Do it until no air blubbles are seen and clear fluid starts coming out. Close the bleeder, wipe it all down with a new wet rag, and move on to the next wheel
Also IMPORTANT. You need to adjust the adjustable prop valve on the firewall to full open. Screwing the valve in increased pressure to the rear brakes. Screwing it out (counter-clockwise) decreased pressure. You need to bleed the brakes with the valve fully screwed in. Mark a line on the handle and turn the valve fully in counting the number of turns until it stops. Write that down. Now bleed the brakes, and then when all done and you are confident of the pedal, unscrew the valve back to where you were previously.
Also, let us know what that number is? WHo knows if the original owner set it right. My brake setup is totally different, but mine is only set to 2 to 3 turns out from full in.
You're getting there. Keep plugging away
Over the winter converted to 4 lug rear disc, which obviously involved new m/c, rear calipers and bleeding of the system.I went ahead and ordered the Motive power bleeder, which arrived this week. Going to visit family for a few days so I’m planning to get back to the fox and get this brake issue fixed early next week.
Here's the write-up on the pushrod adjustment. usually you will feel a dead space before pedal resistance starts if this is incorrect, however anytime an MC is changed it should be checked. I've never really had to adjust it.
I have a feeling the bench-bleed of the MC is the culprit. I'm guilty of this myself now and then. One trick I've found to avoid taking the MC off, is to jack the rear of the car up high enough to get the MC level. It essentially does the same thing as a bench bleed. The trick here is being able to safely get the rear end up high enough. To do it on my car, I placed two jackstands under the rear axle tube and lifted as high as it would go, and had the front a-arms sitting on small stands as low as I could set them. It did work for me.
You're getting there.
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