Todd-

Take a look at the Phoenix Injector. You pump fluid into the caliper forcing air out of the master.

Works great if you are a 1 man operation.

Tyler

+1 I bought one of these two months ago, great tool, no air needed.

That bleeder is cool, I may just have to go for that. No time this time around though. I went out there early today and got the master bench bleed and reattached. It's already got a decent pedal without bleeding the brakes. I was out there all day and never got around to bleeding them out. Lot's to do, it's a perfect pad for the BBQ Douglas. Pappy, I never had any issues with the old master but I agree it takes a short pushrod with manual brakes on a 1st gen which makes it touchy. I'll bleed them out tomorrow night and take it around the lake. If it's good to go, I'll be heading to Cali Thursday. If there is still and issue, I'm out of time, energy, and energy. LOL Between work, two houses, changes to the new house, buddies having babies, blah blah blah :lol: Looking forward to it though! How's the weather looking?

Weather still good--upper 70's Friday through the weekend---the drive along the coast is going to be very nice it looks like. Lower 80's at Pleasanton Sat and Sun. I'm looking forward to the drive---need to unwind---bet you will enjoy the same with all you've got going on.

Doug

Sweet! I'm going to wish I charged my AC for the trip over!

How's the car running Todd?:thumbsup:

It's running great for a few blocks until the brakes lock up. :rofl: I didn't make the PCH trip to Pleasanton. I put it back together and still had the problem and threw in the towel. To many other things to deal with to give it a 3rd try. She's sitting in my new shop waiting for some love. May be a while. It was 110 yesterday so it's not exactly prime season around here.

Doesn't sound like your brakes wanna cooperate with you huh man? Guess I should of drug you out to party when I was in town and you could of let off some steam :unibrow:

No, and I'm not sure why. The piston rod seems plenty sloppy between the cyinder piston and retaining washer. Plenty of space between the pedal arm and brake switch bracket. I'm going to change out the rod to a plain pushrod that goes in the center.

Good luck dragging me down to the strip for an all nighter. Those days are behind me. :unibrow: and I don't miss them much. I'd rather sit on my patio and drink to my hearts content and crawl into bed.

Todd,

I had a problem with my brakes locking up after a disc brake conversion. They would not lock up when the car was cold, but after everything warmed up they would lock up. My problem turned out to be not enough clearance between the master cylinder and the power brake booster. Go for a drive and when the brakes lock up, loosen up the mounting nuts on the master cylinder and see if the brake release. If they do, this may be your problem. I ended up shimming the master cylinder out some which solved my problem. Just thought I would bring this up in case it may be your problem as well.