04-10-2017, 11:55 AM
And he breathes and runs again.
Wasn't very happy with me the first time I ran him around the block, think he's been standing for too long.
Opened the door to a floor of this:
20170408_101537 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr
Pulled the master cylinder out and it was soaked.
20170408_104159 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr
Got the new one in and bled the whole system. Yes apparently this is now the wrong way round. But the old one was in this same way so instead of rebending pipes I just put it in the same way.
20170408_151345 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr
Took Frankenstein for his first drive since the jacaranda run. Glad I've got a mini back on the road.
20170408_151404 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr
From all of this I have come to the conclusion that if I have to do this again I will be buying a brake bleeding kit for one man bleeding because trying to get help....
Learnt something new though which was cool.
Wasn't very happy with me the first time I ran him around the block, think he's been standing for too long.
Opened the door to a floor of this:
![[Image: 33750542692_cac7e4c106_z.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2910/33750542692_cac7e4c106_z.jpg)
Pulled the master cylinder out and it was soaked.
![[Image: 33063988084_a7960bf712_z.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2843/33063988084_a7960bf712_z.jpg)
Got the new one in and bled the whole system. Yes apparently this is now the wrong way round. But the old one was in this same way so instead of rebending pipes I just put it in the same way.
![[Image: 33067796754_32f853b993_z.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2825/33067796754_32f853b993_z.jpg)
Took Frankenstein for his first drive since the jacaranda run. Glad I've got a mini back on the road.
![[Image: 33754650432_44acc9f86e_z.jpg]](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2888/33754650432_44acc9f86e_z.jpg)
From all of this I have come to the conclusion that if I have to do this again I will be buying a brake bleeding kit for one man bleeding because trying to get help....
Learnt something new though which was cool.