Brake lines done...
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We will see because after our foray outside to wash mommy's car I may wonder a little. I had him vacuum the inside of her car because it is always full of dirt. Pig Pen must be a friend. When he said he was done in the front I looked and said no you're not by a long shot. He said I didn't do a good job did I and I said it was only fair. I won't give you an A if you don't deserve it and make you think you did well. He then went back to it but his attention span goes elsewhere at times. I started detailing cars when I was 13 and a dealer wanted to hire me after they saw their loaner come back until my father told them I was 13. So then had him rinse the microfiber mitts out. That took 15 minutes to do two of them. Then when it came to dumping the water out of the 5 gallon paint container of 12 years he managed to split it up the side. So as to your suggestion hmm............................
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We will see because after our foray outside to wash mommy's car I may wonder a little. I had him vacuum the inside of her car because it is always full of dirt. Pig Pen must be a friend. When he said he was done in the front I looked and said no you're not by a long shot. He said I didn't do a good job did I and I said it was only fair. I won't give you an A if you don't deserve it and make you think you did well. He then went back to it but his attention span goes elsewhere at times. I started detailing cars when I was 13 and a dealer wanted to hire me after they saw their loaner come back until my father told them I was 13. So then had him rinse the microfiber mitts out. That took 15 minutes to do two of them. Then when it came to dumping the water out of the 5 gallon paint container of 12 years he managed to split it up the side. So as to your suggestion hmm............................
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Well going back over the lines is now academic as there is still a leak, as it sits, from the pressure control valve on the distribution block that I cannot stop. This is the one part of the block that comes with the block and I have noting to do with it. My four lines into it along with the brake light switch are leak free. Looks like I'll have to toss this block which means opening up the system.
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Well going back over the lines is now academic as there is still a leak, as it sits, from the pressure control valve on the distribution block that I cannot stop. This is the one part of the block that comes with the block and I have noting to do with it. My four lines into it along with the brake light switch are leak free. Looks like I'll have to toss this block which means opening up the system.
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My wife was talking about YouTube to me trying to explain something but called my 12 year old out instead. He then goes into a long dialogue on how one monetizes their videos on YouTube and how the advertising works that I asked him if he worked for YouTube's marketing department. He doesn't so I told him to get busy as he has 5 more years before he goes to college. He may not know a lot about cars, but computers, video games, cellphones operation, and YouTube to name a few things he is way, way ahead of me and others.
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Leaker Valve? That's the proportioning valve for the rear brakes.
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I like to use my pressure pot to bleed the brakes. Holds up to a gallon which is usually way more than enough and no helper needed. Just open the brake cylinder bleeder and let it run until no bubbles come through. Starting from cylinder farthest from the master as usual.
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Well that is true for it's official name but the unofficial name may rightfully be leaker from what I have been reading
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I like to use my pressure pot to bleed the brakes. Holds up to a gallon which is usually way more than enough and no helper needed. Just open the brake cylinder bleeder and let it run until no bubbles come through. Starting from cylinder farthest from the master as usual.
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That's because you don't need a proportioning valve on a drum/drum setup. The difference in wheel cylinder size takes care of that. One line with a T for the fronts and one line with a T (usually on the rear axle) for the rears. A pressure differential switch can be installed if you want to know when one circuit has a leak.
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That's because you don't need a proportioning valve on a drum/drum setup. The difference in wheel cylinder size takes care of that. One line with a T for the fronts and one line with a T (usually on the rear axle) for the rears. A pressure differential switch can be installed if you want to know when one circuit has a leak.