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Replacement of Master Cylinder
1. Bench bleed new or rebuilt master cylinder to make bleeding the brakes later much easier.
2. Remove the two brake lines from the original master cylinder
3. Remove the old master cylinder
4. Install new master cylinder and re-attack brake lines
5. You now need to bleed the brake system. While doing this, make sure that the brake fluid amount in the reservoir is full or close to at all times. Start at the right, rear wheel. Using a brake bleeder wrench, loosen the bleeder screw and then snugge it up. Install the appropriate size hose and run it into a bottle with brake fluid in it. Make sure the hose stays submerged to you can watch for air bubbles. Have a person in the car pump the brakes a couple times to build up pressure and have the person keep there foot on the pedal. Then, loosen up the screw. When the brake pedal bottoms out on the floor, tighten the screw. Repeat the procedure until no air bubbles come up in the bottle.
6. Repeat this procedure for all the wheels. The order goes right rear, left rear, right front, and last, left front.
7. Before taking the car out onto a busy street, make sure the brakes don't feel squashy. If they do, repeat the entire brake bleeding procedure.