The egg mcmuffin of brake problems

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Lunzee
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I installed new pads and rotors and had to reflare one brake line ( snapped on disassembly) so I go to bleed my brake and my master cylinder is spitting brake fluid out the back of it. Great, so I overnight a new one and put it on yesterday and no I have a little bit of a pedal after bleeding, I'm not positive why I'm not getting a pedal, and there is also still a small amount of fluid coming from the back of the master cylinders, but not consistently so I believe it may be left over from the old one. Car is a 1990 na 300z, I also don't believe I bled the master cylinder sufficiently on the bench. With pedal to the floor it slows down but not very quickly


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DCaff300ZX
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No pro here, but maybe the ABS needs more bleeding? Under the cover panel behind the PS seat are 4 nipples I believe you have to bleed as well...

Lunzee
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I bled those a couple times but there is only two I can see and I did so in no specific order :cry:

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BigTDogg (MA)
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You go in order of furthest from the MC to closest, so if memory serves me:

RR
LR
RF
ABS 1
ABS 2
LF

The order can be found in the FSM, which can be found here: http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/300zx/

Interesting thread title, BTW

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Proper bench bleeding the master is very important, if you are stumped go back to that step and repeat until you are sure it was done well.


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