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re:Subject: Milano brakes



The vaccuum bleeder works fine on ABS--	 just bled the rears on my 164L 
with one.

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, r herzog wrote:

> If you haven't already, try a vacuum or power bleeder (found a most 
> autoparts stores). You pump this thing wile hooked up to nipple, open the 
> nipple and it sucks the air out.  However I am not sure what the procedure 
> is for ABS breaks or if it will work on them.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Robert Herzog
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 99 20:53:46 EST
> From: SICAR@domain.elided
> Subject: Milano brakes
> 
> I'm having some trouble with the brakes on my Milano.  My pedal was not
> as firm as I liked, so I was giving the brake system the once over.  I
> found
> that the MC was leaking.  I got a new MC and replaced.  I then proceeded
> to
> bleed the brakes and I thought I got all the air out.  When I checked
> the
> brakes, the pedal was still soft.  I tried bleeding it multiple times,
> and
> while I got the pedal a little bit fimer, the brakes are still not 100%.
> On the rear brakes there are two bleeder nipples, which I have never
> seen
> on any other car I have owned in the past.  Is there some special
> procedure
> to bleed the rear brakes?  Should both nipples be bleed simultaneously
> or
> in a specific order?  Thanks.
> 
> 
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Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
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