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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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Got the brakes, brake lines, wheel bearings, lockouts, and master cylinder done. Please understand that I bought this truck to teach myself how to work on it. So it's been a learning process doing this project but now I'm totally stumped and very frustrated. I didn't bleed the mc as good as i should have. So.... I had my wife pump the brake pedal and hold it down, then I cracked the lines on the mc. I did this repeatedly till I got a good spray out of them. I installed speed bleeders on the front and back and bled in proper order. The pedal finally started to firm up so I sealed it all up and took it for a test drive. The pedal went straight to the floor and no brakes. I checked everything over and it's all tight. So I'm loading it on a flatbed on Monday and taking it to a shop to get some thoughts cause frankly I'm tapped out and pretty pissed at myself for not being able to figure it out. So if you want to throw in your two cents, please feel free. I just thought I'd let you know where I'm at and how the project has progressed..... Thanks for everyone's help.
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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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When bleeding at the wheels did the fluid spurt strongly or kind of flow out. That would be my first assumption. Should spurt 8"+.

How do they perform parked idling? If no pedal can you pump them up? Will they hold if you hold the brake and give it gas?
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