Turns out I had the brake hoses at the front calipers installed wrong. Best to mark them before hand.
The other issue was that the "New" speedbleeders did not seal in a few places so air was seeping past the bleeders! New bleeder faulty or bleeder hole worn a little to big???? Only took a few frustrating days to figure out.
Let's keep those E12's on the road.
Brake Bleeding Issue Solved...Cautionary Tale
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Brake Bleeding Issue Solved...Cautionary Tale
1976 530i. BMW 59 Triumph TR3A(rolling resto). 67 Triumph TR4A(salvageable). 86 900S Winter car
Re: Brake Bleeding Issue Solved...Cautionary Tale
Yikes! Glad to hear nothing bad happened to you.
Also, as for "speedbleeders", I'd just use the pressure bleeder systems out there. I have a Motive Products pressure-bleeder I bought ages ago, and have used it on all my vehicles, using various adapters (including some I made myself).
It's MUCH easier to bleed brakes on a class-A RV with a pressure bleeder, as nobody has to be in the driver's seat, for example.
Mike
Also, as for "speedbleeders", I'd just use the pressure bleeder systems out there. I have a Motive Products pressure-bleeder I bought ages ago, and have used it on all my vehicles, using various adapters (including some I made myself).
It's MUCH easier to bleed brakes on a class-A RV with a pressure bleeder, as nobody has to be in the driver's seat, for example.
Mike