Bench bleeding a new/rebuilt brake master cylinder

[Pete_89T2]

Originally Posted by djmtsu

That is the way I did mine on my old 626 turbo, since I didn't have a vise. It worked fine for me.

Now I have a pressure bleeder, much easier!

That's good to hear. I have a pressure bleeder too, just wasn't sure if that method would work properly when starting with a dry MC. I figured the air trapped inside a dry MC during assembly might be too hard to fully remove with the pressure bleeder alone without first doing a bench bleed, since the MC piston stays put when you use the pressure bleeder. Think I'll try bench bleeding the MC in car first, then hit it with the pressure bleeder to bleed the entire system.