88 Brake Master Cylinder (Page 2/2)
fliphone DEC 29, 11:59 PM
Well I found the problem

fieroguru DEC 30, 01:21 PM
Yeah, calipers full of air won't give you any brakes either...
Patrick DEC 30, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by fliphone:

Well I found the problem



It's difficult to make out in that low-res image what's going on... but is the brake hose banjo bolt loose? If so, why isn't there brake fluid all over the place?
fliphone DEC 30, 05:52 PM

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It's difficult to make out in that low-res image what's going on... but is the brake hose banjo bolt loose? If so, why isn't there brake fluid all over the place?




The bleeder is on the bottom of the caliper, essentially draining whatever fluid is ending up in the caliper. So i could try and bleed the rear of the car but it would always just be full of air. That being said I just re-rebuilt the calipers the right way and am waiting on a buddy to get here for bleeding.


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Patrick DEC 30, 07:19 PM

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Originally posted by fliphone:

The bleeder is on the bottom of the caliper...



Ah... I was paying no attention to the apparent location of the bleeder, as images are often orientated every which way when posted.
Vintage-Nut DEC 31, 08:07 AM

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fliphone:
Well I found the problem



If I understood correctly; Passenger Rear Caliper on the Driver Rear Rotor or 'backwards/opposite calipers'?

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Original Owner of a Silver '88 GT
Under 'Production Refurbishment' @ 136k Miles

fliphone DEC 31, 07:05 PM
I built the Passenger side housing with the driver side internals and parking brakes pieces and vise versa, so the only thing that didn't work was bleeding the brakes as the bleed port was on the bottem of the caliper
pmbrunelle DEC 31, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by fliphone:

I built the Passenger side housing with the driver side internals and parking brakes pieces and vise versa, so the only thing that didn't work was bleeding the brakes as the bleed port was on the bottem of the caliper



Thanks for letting us know that this is possible.

In some brake swaps using 88 calipers on 84-87 cars, the calipers are swapped left-right to get the parking brake to pull in the correct direction.

By assembling the calipers as you did, those 84-87 cars can have their brake bleeders on top.
Patrick DEC 31, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by pmbrunelle:

By assembling the calipers as you did, those 84-87 cars can have their brake bleeders on top.



So this blunder turned out to have some potential positive ramifications. Excellent!

Raydar JAN 01, 09:08 AM

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Originally posted by Patrick:

Ah... I was paying no attention to the apparent location of the bleeder, as images are often orientated every which way when posted.



Don't feel too "rained on". It took me a minute, too.