Bleeding brakes...

[Dead Eye]

Well the universal adapter was just as useless as the people on Amazon said it was, so that was an expensive waste of money. Strapped it down with two straps in addition to the one it comes with and used a G-Clamp and it still threw about 300ml of brake fluid all over my engine bay at about 8psi ...  so that wasted my time this afternoon.

Ended up waiting until my mum got back and put her on second-person duty in the car but this time tried it the way that unfazed described. Seemed easier and although next to no air came out (a few tiny bubbles maybe) the brakes are now usable  :woot

Whilst the engine is off, there is no discernible difference in the pedal stiffness. Whilst the engine is running it still doesn't quite feel right to my mind, but the brakes at least work. I'm going to give it a few weeks and bed the brakes in and see what I make of it.


So I guess so far the answer to this topic is; bleed the brakes more...