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Old May 2, 2018 | 11:45 PM
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I have a new...
1. Power Steering pump
2. HydraTech Brake booster
3. Master Cylinder
4. Wheel calipers

All these are new, empty of fluids, mounted and installed.

Which one gets attention first? What is the sequence to bleed all the systems?

BTW the engine has never been started either.

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Old May 3, 2018 | 07:02 AM
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When you are ready to bleed the new brakes, the master cylinder has to be bled first.
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break in the motor first. Your going to want to have that done anyway and you might as well since you need that to work before you can use the brakes.

Then calipers first, booster second, bench bleed the master and install. Now you dont have to worry about brake fluid everywhere. Use a power bleeder to fill the lines and bleed at the same time. Look up the correct order. r/r pass inside, outside, l/r driver inside/outside, r/f, l/f

power steering last since its on the front of the motor

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Brakes are kind of handy to have, even in the garage. You can't do the calipers until the MC is done.
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My MC is installed and is plumbed in so tightly that I think it would be difficult to remove to bench bleed. I do have two bleed screws on the MC that I think will allow me to bleed it while installed.
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