[W126 Coupe] Brakes and air

[Jay Hirsch]

Will not get into this again,  do it the "old fashion way."
bleed wheel     rear pass. wheel first,  rear drivers second, third ,  
front pass, then front drivers and in ten minutes problem  will be  
solved.
Do not touch ABS unit.
keep cruisin....with brakes
Jay H
On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Ronny 560sec wrote:


> Mark,

> I have not replaced the MC, but this morning I had a conversation  

> with Jonathan and he told me that my garage guy should use a  

> pressure bleeder and not do the old way of pumping the pedal.

> I just came back from the garage and they already were thinking of  

> replacing the MC, but after my talk to them they ordered the Motiv  

> pressure bleeder.

> Thank Jonathan.

>

> Ronny

>

> From: Mark - FosterFirst

> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:49 AM

> To: 'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists'

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Brakes and air

>

> Hi Ronny,

>

>

>

> I just went through exactly the same ordeal. Complete brake job and  

> very spongy pedal that I could eventually push to the floor. After  

> several back and forth’s to the garage, it turned out they had put  

> the wrong master cylinder on – twice!!! There was a subtle  

> difference between the one required and the ones they ordered. The  

> point being that they had checked all the lines and could not find  

> and issue until they narrowed it down to the MC – finally after  

> three days of trouble-shooting.

>

> This may not be your problem but yours struck a chord with me as I  

> just went through the same frustration. I was about to go postal on  

> the garage at one point J

>

>

>

> Mark

>

>

>

> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes- 

> bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Ronny 560sec

> Sent: December-16-10 8:31 AM

> To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Brakes and air

>

>

>

> My 1987 560 SEC have a major brake job for front and back and the  

> garage, I come there for the last 20 years, also decided to replace  

> the brake fluid.

>

> But they have a problem with bleeding out the air. After a couple  

> hours the brakes start working the should do and I drove home. I  

> went to the gas station to fill and started the engine. At that  

> moment I felt that the brakes become soft and went nearly totally  

> down again. I tried pumping, but that did not help.

>

> Any help and idea is needed and thank you.

>

> Ronny

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