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I need room in the garage. I purchased the 1984 FJ60 with the engine tore out and laying in strategic places in the vehicle. I dropped the crank and block off at the local engine shop to have it cleaned and checked for cracks. In almost 9 months they did neither. I purchased a running 2F out of...

Welcome. You may have some air trapped in the system. You might need to get the frontend up on some stands or blocks under the tires to help the air escape. Take the cap off the radiator and let it work some coolant around and watch for bubbles. The coolant capacity is around 17 quarts. Did you...

If you fire it up in the garage, be careful of what the tailpipe is pointing at. I started my 60 after sitting nearly 20 years and you would not believe the rat turds, and acorn shells that came flying out. You may have some stuff in your muffler too.

After dealing with brakes for longer than I wanted I buttoned some parts back on and hit the road for the first time. The old plates had tabs from 2007 on them. I might be shopping springs and shocks soon but its drivable.

I got the new master yesterday afternoon. The very first time trying to bleed it while in the vise I could tell it felt different than the previous MC. I put it in and re-bled everything. The pedal felt nice. I did remove the spacer off the booster and I had to cut a bit of the threaded rod off...

Ill definitely be looking at that spacer I put in. The new booster looked smaller than the old Bendix brand that was on there. The old junker is still sitting on the bench.

Thanks for posting this. Just put an order in.

Used a clear line to verify the port farthest from the reservoir was actually moving fluid. No luck. I have another on order from Aisin's online "jungle" website. It might be here Friday. This one will be returned. I see why they sell kits with CLEAR line.

I'm using a scrap pieces of 3/16 solid line so I cant see what's moving like a could if I had a clear tube. The MC didn't come with anything for bleeding it. I'm not letting this thing beat me

I bench bled it and worked the bubbles out. The farthest part from the reservoir had air but I didn't see actually fluid coming out. I used a syringe to shoot fluid into the line and watched bubbles move out of the clear plastic elbow. The line closest to the reservoir push fluid. I'm guessing...

I've left the bleeder out of the calipers overnight and still get nothing. I disconnected the hard line leading to the short rubber line in the front leading to the rubber line and still don't get fluid coming out.

I should add I had a normal pedal distance when I was pumping while bleeding the rears.

Running out of travel with the spacer? How does one test the proportional valve? I hate to spend $100+ on one if I don’t need it. The master was completely seized after sitting nearly 20 years.

Also did the math for the stick out of the booster into the master

did the rod length incorporating the nylon spacer it came with. Adjusted the rears with a little drag and started bleeding the rear driver then the rear passenger. Closed up everything and the pedal feels like I hit a wall. No fluid at the fronts