this does not resemble brake bleeding weather

a little comedy and a lotta brake fluid

johu wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:43 pm Ah, finally some good news

well my wife was born in Germany so let's just say we are not speaking for the next month, and we live in the US, so who the hewk do we cheer for?

... sorry, just practicing

still think we need a lounge like thread on this site to prevent knuckleheads from littering the site with nonsense like this

so after eyeballing the old Honda CRV master cylinder some more I learned it actually houses not one but two pistons in series formation one behind the other here is the front piston, it appears to be hollow IMG_0733.JPG IMG_0735.JPG and here's the second one lurking behind it IMG_0737.JPG and here ...

so after eyeballing the old Honda CRV master cylinder some more I learned it actually houses not one but two pistons in series formation one behind the other here is the front piston, it appears to be hollow IMG_0733.JPG IMG_0735.JPG and here's the second one lurking behind it IMG_0737.JPG and here ...

"I am thinking of reverse bleeding the system using one of these $85 dollar doo dads on AMAZON" I think these work better; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mityvac-MV8000-Test-kit/dp/B00265M9SS/ref=asc_df_B00265M9SS?tag=bingshoppinga-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80814161489174&hvnetw=o&...

nice professional video on the BOSCH iBooster

mike77cos wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:10 pm Well I just spent the best part of the day reading through this thread on and off, and wow, awesome work and great comedy.

To test the hypothesis that the master is too small, how about temporarily closing off the line to one of the rear drums as a test? This would halve the fluid displacement to the rear yes sir I did just that, and mention it in the video, even went as far as capping them both, here are some pics IMG...

OK that doesn't sound normal, have you tried bleeding with the power on? (Is it even possible???) might be worth hitting the CRV forums and asking there (don't tell them where the cylinder is or their heads will explode) EV8's suggestion is a possibility too - it sounds like the sort of behavior I'...

thinking about ditching the Gen 1 iBooster in favor of the Gen 2 ?

When you say "fully depressed" is that with the pedal on the floor when bleeding or when it's bleed and you push as hard as you can? we did the bleeding with no electricity going to the iBooster and the pedal operated normally as far as the bleeding goes, then we wired it up and supplied ...

so yeah, I hope you followed all that, as there may be a Quiz !

now the fun continues as the 3/4" hose from the Tezla water pump has to now mate with the 5/8" Lexus inverter inlet, joy IMG_0656.JPG well at least the Lexus inverter 5/8" outlet matches the Lexus transmission 5/8" outlet so they got daisy chained fairly easily, which then only l...

so now we have reached the plumbing, heater hose size, coupler, adapter, reducer hell portion of the build, you see we in America like to design our radiators with the largest inlets and outlets known to men and women, and the electrical components (inverters, dc-dc converters, chargers, water pumpu...

so we got updates and we got questions, first yes I am working on a bit of this (brakes) and a bit of that (cooling / radiator) it's just how these projects go as you hit a wall on something and or are waiting on parts, or FRIENDS to show up and help you bleed the brakes so I decided to replace that...

just some pics to visualize the setup

I'm using a GS450h transmission and inverter, with Chevy Volt batteries, eventually hoping to run 3 sets I plan on using the original ICE radiator with built in transmission cooler (86 Chevy El Camino) for the transmission oil I don't know what the correct coolant flow path would be between the var...

so while we wait for a sucker I mean a friend to come over to help me bleed the brakes for the upteenth and hopefully final time, The Greg decided to keep busy and plumb the Lexus GS450h transmission fluid lines to the 1971 Chevy stock radiator (as it has provisions for an automagical transmission c...

johu wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:41 pm When I woke up this mornin' ... orchestra ... I thought the General section was super important and it would be nice to have on top. Since this is an autocracy I just did it and of course didn't tell anyone

SOME SPECS

the 2018(ish) Honda CRV master brake cylinder piston is 1" in diameter (aka bore) and travels 1.5" (aka stroke) in and out of the tube thingie

meanwhile on this Two Steps Forward One Step Back update, we afixed the new used Honda CR-V master cylinder to the BOSCH iBooster and attempted to bench bleed it on the truck IMG_0563.JPG IMG_0565.JPG so here's the general idea and you is supposed to do this in a vice, with American style master cyl...

have the forum categories been reshuffled or am I loosing my mind this morning