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.
1976 530i. BMW 59 Triumph TR3A(rolling resto). 67 Triumph TR4A(salvageable). 86 900S Winter car
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.
