<VV> '61 Monza Brakes

[Western Canada CORSA]

Care to guess how I learned to ask the question of whether it had been
bench-bled, or not?

I figure so long as I don't make the same mistake twice it's called
"learning".

Regards,
Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Duncan [mailto:kent_duncan at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:21 PM
To: Western Canada CORSA; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: RE: <VV> '61 Monza Brakes


My newbie status remains intact!

I had bench-bled the master cylinder, but improperly
and inadequately.  A second try, with some qualified
supervion, resolved the problem--allowing me to take
the '61 for a brief maiden spin around the
neighborhood...until I ran out of gas!  (Will I
*always* miss the obvious?)

Thanks to Joel, Frank, and Ken for your responses!

Kent Duncan


--- Western Canada CORSA <westerncanadacorsa at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> You didn't say whether or not you had started by
> bench bleeding the MC.
> 
> Did you?
> 
> Regards,
> Joel
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org 
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Kent Duncan
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:07 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> '61 Monza Brakes
> 
> 
> With every new question I feel more like the newbie
> I
> am...
> 
> I'm trying to rebuild the brakes on a '61 Monza.
> I've
> replaced the wheel cylinders, hoses, and a couple of
> lines, and rebuilt the master cylinder.  I've bled
> the
> brakes well enough to achieve a solid stream of
> fluid
> at all four corners, but the system still won't
> "pressurize"--the pedal goes
> to the floor every time. 
> 
> I pulled the now-rebuilt master cylinder apart to
> see
> what I might find, and it seemed like everything was
> in order, so I reassembled and re-installed.  No
> difference.  Next, I transferred the rebuild kit
> components to a second master cylinder off a parts
> car.  Still no change.  Three strikes and I'm out of
> ideas.
> 
> Suggestions?  Thanks!
> 
> Kent Duncan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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