Mine is still missing the complete pedal and reseivor assembly so I really have troubles.? HOWEVER those of you having trouble bleeding the brakes might try gravity bleeding them. open the wheel bleed screws after filling the resivor and just leave them open the air will be forced out with the weight of the fluid. Keep an eye on the level if possible. It just might work for you.? P.S. anyone have an extra master cylinder and pedal assembly lying around On Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:10 AM, "nicholasgee58 nicholasgee58@... [C-Car]" wrote:
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Best way I found is to use two people. The resivor is so small that you have to keep it toped off after 3 pumps of the brakes when flushing. Also put a old shirt around the ?bottom of it. I spilled fluid out of it while filling since your arm is in such a weird spot. Also I removed the driver door to make it a little easier to get to the resivor. Sent from my MetroPCS 4G LTE Android Device -------- Original message -------- From: "Mark Barbour mark.barbour@... [C-Car]" Date: 4/17/19 6:03 AM (GMT-05:00) To: C-Car@... Subject: RE: [C-Car] Brakes are utterly useless--how do I fix them? I have the same problem.? I replaced everything on all 4 wheels but I must have a bunch of air in the lines after trying to bleed them over and over.
Mark
1977 Citicar
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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:34 PM To: C-Car@... Subject: [C-Car] Brakes are utterly useless--how do I fix them? ?
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Hi All,
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When I bought my CCar, the brakes (while they worked) weren't good and I figured they could use some work. Here's what I've done so far:
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Here's the problem--despite everything I've done, the brakes somehow manage to be
worse than when I bought the car! Other than that leaking cylinder, I don't see anything wrong with the system. The pads and drums should be fine, the car has under 2K on it.
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Anyone have any tips for how to get the brakes back to working condition?
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(To give an idea of how bad they are: 10MPH, foot down to the floor, and the brakes do
almost nothing. If I was on level ground, I might stop after 20-30 feet.)
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Thanks in advance!
- Jacob Field
1980 Gold ComutaCar
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