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Old 11-29-08, 09:39 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Fj40 King View Post
I did not bench bleed the master cylinder, but I have installed many cylinders before without bench bleeding them and they never give me any problems.

The fluid in the Res. does drop but only because it is lost when I bleed the brakes.

Other than that the fluid does not drop
Howdy! I used to not do it myself, but I got into trouble with it once. So now I use the little nipples and bits they include in the box for that purpose. I used to just toss all that junk. I guess that's why they mention it in the instructions. I guess I was just lucky for over 40 years. You could even do it on the truck. Put a pile of rags under the MC, crack the fittings loose one at a time, and have someone pump the peddle for you, just like bleeding the wheel cylinders. HTH John

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