rear disk swap and 73mms, now having trouble.

here is what is wrong.
I have everything put together, 73mm cals, turbo coupe rear disks, adjustable proportioning valve w/ plug for stock pv, And a 85 town car m/c.
I bench blead the mc and adjusted the booster 1 1/2 turns out aswell.

I am dealing with only the fronts, the rears are mostly shut off with the proportioning valve, right now my pedal will go all the way to the floor with little resistance while the car is on, when it is off their is a good amount of resistence but it still gose to the floor. I used 18oz bleeding them but no air bubbles. My drivers front caliper is clamped down even when their is no pressure on the pedal.
One other thing the MC cap dosnt form an air tight seal, would this at all affect the brakes?

Can anybody help me out here, I though this would be pretty simple but things are not working out.
 
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I have the same brake setup except for the MC.
See http://www.svo73mm.cjb.net/ for help on adjusting the proportioning valve and MC push rod

This was the solution to the bleed the brakes problem.

Garden Sprayer Pressure Bake Bleeder

1 each pump type garden sprayer, 1 - 1 ½ gallon capacity (size doesn’t matter much, it just has to be cheap and small enough to be easy to work with)
6-10 feet 3/8” clear plastic tubing
1 each ¼” brass pipe tee
1 each ¼” pipe to 3/8: hose adapter
1 each pressure gauge 0-60 PSI or so – all you’ll ever need is 5- 10 PSI, so the gauge range doesn’t have to be high.
1 each large rubber stopper – this is the hard part to find. It may take some searching to find one that is a snug push fit to the inside of the filler port on the master cylinder. You can use silicone rubber to seal a brass fitting to an old master cylinder cap, but they tend to leak too much.
Home Depot or Lowes has some ¼” brass pipe stock that is continuously threaded in the electric lamp repair department, along with the brass nuts that go with it. This is better than a pipe nipple, since the nuts can be used to secure the pipe in the cap or stopper.
OR if you can’t find the threaded pipe stock,
1 each ¼” nipple, 1 ½”- 2” long

The rubber stopper needs a hole drilled in it for the ¼” pipe nipple or threaded pipe stock. After you drill the hole, use some silicone gasket sealer to seal the pipe nipple as you push it into the rubber stopper. If you used the threaded pipe stock, use the nuts to secure the stock into the stopper.

If you can’t find a suitable rubber stopper, an old master cylinder cap can be used. Drill a ½” hole in the center for the pipe fitting. Cut the brass pipe stock to about 1”- 1 ½” long, the exact length isn’t too important. Push it through the hole in the master cylinder cap and thread one nut on top of the pipe stock where it sticks though the cap. Put another nut on the other side of the cap to lock the pipe stock in place. Apply some silicone rubber gasket sealer to both sides and when it is dry, screw the ¼” pipe that sticks out of the top of the cap into the tee.

Remove the sprayer hose and wand from the garden sprayer. You may find it easier just to cut the sprayer hose off short and connect it to the 3/8” plastic tubing. The idea is that the 3/8” tubing connects to the pickup tube inside the sprayer in a reliable, leak proof fashion. Another alternative is to remove the spray nozzle from the end of the spray wand and connect the 3/8” tubing to the wand. This leaves the hand valve in place and may be useful to start/stop the flow of brake fluid.

The 3/8” plastic tubing connects to the pipe tee using a push on hose barb type adapter. The pipe tee has one port for the gauge, one for the 3/8” hose and the other to connect to the rubber stopper or master cylinder cap that you modified.

Fill the pump sprayer with a quart of brake fluid. Set the garden sprayer on the ground and screw the pump handle down tight, and pump until brake fluid fills the plastic tubing. Then put the modified stopper or master cylinder cap on the master cylinder and pump slowly to make sure that nothing leaks or pops loose. No leaks, continue pumping until you get 5-10 PSI. Put a 6”-12” length of clear plastic tubing on the bleeder ports. Then open the bleeder ports on the wheel cylinders one at a time and bleed until the bubbles are gone. I use a 2 liter soda bottle with a coat hanger to catch the fluid . DO NOT REUSE THE OLD BRAKE FLUID. Repeat the process until you have finished all 4 wheels. You will have to pump the sprayer several times to maintain the 5-10 PSI needed to do the job. When finished bleeding, loosen the pump handle to relieve the pressure, remove the stopper/modified master cylinder cap and test the pedal.
 
Thank you for your reply; nobody ever seems to reply to my tech posts.

Anyway. That is the instructions for your pressure bleeder right? Are you saying that i need to keep bleeding the brakes? My pedal is very spongy but there is no air in the brake lines.
How do I get the front caliper to unclamp? Even with the bleeder valve open and the break pedal out it still stays clamped.
I am very familiar with that site I have acquired much of my info there.
 
If the caliper is stuck the brake hose may have colapsed internally, trapping the fluid. Try replacing the hose before replacing the stuck caliper.

When I did the 73 MM caliper conversion, I bought reman calipers to avoid any possible problems with the pistons freezing in the calipers.

As long as the brakes are spongy, there is air in the lines. Keep bleeding them until you get a firm pedal. Sometimes you may need to unbolt the caliper from its mount and turn it so that the bleed screw is perfectly vertical. This is rare, and I didn't have to do it.