<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Couple of thoughts, if the system has lost fluid, do you know what leaked? <div><br></div><div>Do you know the condition of the bore in the master cylinder? </div><div><br></div><div>Is the pedal height correctly adjusted as per the manual? 6.875\u201d from the steel floor on a 2000TC </div><div><br></div><div>Also, there\u2019s a method in the rover manual that works for me. </div><div><br></div><div>Open the nipple, </div><div>Push the pedal all the way down,</div><div>Then pump three times rapidly and hold it down on the last stroke. </div><div>Close nipple. </div><div><br></div><div>I would also get the one man bleed nipples with an integral check valve if you can, they make this so much easier. </div><div><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div>Steven<br><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from a small screen, please excuse any typos. </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 9, 2026, at 13:36, magnet--- via Rovernet <rovernet@rovernet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p>Yes, they are that!</p>
<p>I made a little modification to ease the pain: an 8-inch piece of
brake line with suitable fittings -- male to fit the bleed valve
hole in the caliper, and female to accept the bleed fitting. Bent
to bring the bleed valve down to where you can easily get to it.
Works a treat. Fittings are 3/8-24 thread if I recall correctly.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p> -- Bill Daddis</p>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks, Roger. I will give it
a try. The tricky part will be fashioning the fitting, My
super-handy son-in-law will help me figure it out. But boy, do
I hate bleeding the rear brakes! They're a pain in the neck,
literally!</div>
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<p class="ydpa0c8a4adyiv9515106942MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">An
easier method is to pressurise the reservoir
with 5 lbs psi You can make an air compressor
fitment by drilling out the cork float in the
screw top. Glue in a vale and even a bike pump
will do. Open the bleed screw on one calliper
and fit a clear plastic pipe emptying into a
spare can. When fluid stops moving , close the
bleed and pump up the pressured. Pumping in air
on top of the fluid should push fluid through
the booster and into thee calliper. Keep
pumping, opening and closing the bleed screw
and replenishing the fluid in the reservoir.
When there are no bubbles in the fluid evident
in the clear plastic screw, that calliper is
bled. Repeat on the other side. Text me if you
require more details. Cheers Roger in OZ</span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rovernet] Abundance
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had some pretty good luck on various cars with
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several years of the '68 TC sitting in
my garage, I finally got around to
rebuilding the front calipers..
Problem was, the fluid reservoir had
gone completely dry during the
interim. Bleeding the brakes produce
mostly air, so much that the fluid
coming out of the caliper nozzle looks
like milk! </span></p>
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I correct in guessing that the brake
master has so much air in it that the
brake fluid doesn't have much of a
chance to get through? If so, is it
necessary to "bench bleed " the
master, or is there an easier
alternative than removing the master?
Your thoughts please, oh wise Rover
buddies.</span></p>
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