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Subject:Brake system overview
From:Edward Maglott
Date:Mon, 15 May 2006 20:44:51 -0400

Still trying to bleed my brakes, and getting no, or very little fluid from
the front calipers.  See my original message below.  Now I'm wondering if
the 2 circuits coming from the master cylinder are really front and rear,
not split diagonally like I thought.  Can anybody confirm this?  If so,
which line from the MC is for the front brakes and which for the
rear?  Maybe I need to bleed the offending circuit of the MC better before
trying to bleed the lines.

Edward

>Here's the short version of the events.  Replaced Master cylinder.  Broke
>off a bleeder on one of the rear cylinders, so the project stalled.  I went
>out of town, etc, about 3 weeks pass.  Anyway, put in the replacement rear
>wheel cylinder, and start to bleed again.  rear wheels bleeding fine.  At
>one point I was getting fluid out of LF, but I don't think the RF ever was
>giving me much.  Now I pump the pedal and then hold it to the floor, open
>the bleeder and get a very slow minimal flow of fluid.  The caliper is
>actually loose like there is no pressure in it pushing on the piston.  I
>suppose it could be seized but I don't think so since it is only  a year or
>2 old.  And the LF is doing the same thing now.
>
>Bentley talks about pushing the lever on the brake pressure regulator
>toward the rear axe while bleeding.  I think that instruction is from
>another car, since there is no lever on the brake pressure
>regulator.  There is  a procedure to test the Brake Pressure regulator,
>that involves removing it from the body and tilting it forward.  Should I
>have to do that to bleed the brakes?  I could find no hydraulic schematic
>in the Bentley, but assume this is a dual diagonal braking system.