Help bleeding brakes
Forums at Modded Mustangs
Home Register FAQ Members List Calendar Blogs Garage Gallery Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Insurance


Go Back   Forums at Modded Mustangs > Mustang Forums > Modular Mustangs > 99-04

ModdedMustangs.com is the premier Ford Mustang Forum on the internet. Registered Users do not see the above ads.
Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old July 18th, 2009, 02:30 PM   #1
Newbie
 
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
powershifter is on a distinguished road
iTrader: 0 reviews
Angry

Help bleeding brakes


I own a 2002 Mustang GT and I'm having a hard time bleeding my brakes. I recently did a brake swap, i put cobra brakes on the rear, I got this from a 2004 Cobra, I got the brackets, rotors, calipers and brake lines. I started doing the standard procedure i read online, sequence: passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front. So I had a person in the car pump the brake pedal 5 or 6 times, then hold the pedal down, while I open the bleeder valve and fluid and bubbles would come out, also I've been refilling the master cylinder to make sure there's fluid in there, so i did that for a while without any luck. Also I bought one of those brake bleeding kits shown below




Then a friend suggested i bleed the lines that go from the master cylinder to the abs module
Shown below



So after bleeding this lines until only fluid would come out I started the sequence all over, I got the passenger rear and driver rear lines done. I started on the driver front and that's where I'm having a problem, when I open the bleeder very little fluid and a lot, i mean a lot of air comes out, I was on the passenger front line for about an hour and a half and still the same amount of air would keep coming out. I checked for leaks, and didn't find any. So I really don't know what the problem could be.

I would really appreciate if anyone has any advice on what I should do

Thank you!!!

SErg
  Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
 
Old July 18th, 2009, 03:08 PM   #2
Hardcore Enthusiast
 
mpboy's Avatar
 
2002 GT
99.99@999.9
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Posts: 1,853
mpboy has a spectacular aura aboutmpboy has a spectacular aura aboutmpboy has a spectacular aura about
iTrader: 0 reviews
Default

if the other lines are good, and only that line is giving nothing but air, there has to be a leak some where
__________________
Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
i fail to see the humor here. the farve thing ok its funny. but that shit there is just fucked up.
Originally Posted by TheUNZippee! View Post
Wow Chris. You are the square root of stupid.
Originally Posted by Lefty View Post
Eh, I personally think 4" is too big.
  Reply With Quote
Old July 18th, 2009, 03:36 PM   #3
Newbie
 
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
powershifter is on a distinguished road
iTrader: 0 reviews
Default

I put some teflon tape and not as much air and more fluid came out, i think the bleeding screw had too much play
  Reply With Quote
Old July 18th, 2009, 05:14 PM   #4
2009 ROTY
 
AzSonicSnake's Avatar
 
2003 SVT Cobra
11.07@127
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Phoenix,AZ
Posts: 5,640
AzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud ofAzSonicSnake has much to be proud of
iTrader: 1 reviews
Send a message via AIM to AzSonicSnake Send a message via MSN to AzSonicSnake
Default

you should only have to crack the bleeder just a little bit. and you don't really need to pump them up. what i do is have the helper push the pedal down, and while they are holding it down, crack the bleeder, let it bleed out, then close it and have them release the pedal. i do this procedure enough times to get it to where no air comes out, and then move to the next one.
__________________

MM Cobra Club #25 My Autolog Profile
  Reply With Quote
Old July 18th, 2009, 05:16 PM   #5
Hardcore Enthusiast
 
mpboy's Avatar
 
2002 GT
99.99@999.9
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Spartanburg, SC
Posts: 1,853
mpboy has a spectacular aura aboutmpboy has a spectacular aura aboutmpboy has a spectacular aura about
iTrader: 0 reviews
Default

yea you should not have to bleed it much at all either to get it cleaned out. it sounds like you have faulty hardware somewhere
__________________
Originally Posted by Dennis View Post
i fail to see the humor here. the farve thing ok its funny. but that shit there is just fucked up.
Originally Posted by TheUNZippee! View Post
Wow Chris. You are the square root of stupid.
Originally Posted by Lefty View Post
Eh, I personally think 4" is too big.
  Reply With Quote
Old July 18th, 2009, 06:34 PM   #6
Moderator
 
casper gt's Avatar
 
2012 300a gt auto
12.10@116
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: creighton pa
Posts: 7,697
casper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant futurecasper gt has a brilliant future
iTrader: 4 reviews
Default

your friend is right, on these cars, you must start at the master cylinder. start over at the master cyl & you should be ok.
__________________
MM BRACKET RACING CREW CO-FOUNDER
BAMA Performance Drag Team Founder
2012 300a GT auto
  Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Advertisement
 
Reply

Thread Tools


Threads Similar to: Help bleeding brakes
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Clutch bleeding TimboStang 2005 - 2010 8 May 1st, 2009 09:33 PM
Brake bleeding help!! M.P. Cobra Fan Modular Mustangs 10 March 15th, 2009 09:20 PM
Bleeding... Mickey The Clubhouse 24 September 22nd, 2008 05:35 PM
bleeding brakes question supercharged03gt 99-04 3 September 14th, 2008 12:04 AM
Bleeding a clutch zinc02GT 99-04 17 March 19th, 2008 11:14 PM



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:14 PM.
Modded Mustangs is ©2005-2008, All Rights Reserved, And is Not Affiliated with Ford Motor Company.
Forum is powered by vBulletin ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Ent. Ltd. & SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2 ©2009, Crawlability, Inc.

powered by vBulletin ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Ent. Ltd.