My new Scrambler project....

[Wingman]

You are on the right track to isolate things.

3 suggestions:

- bench bleed the master cylinder before hooking things up.

- find a pressure bleeder (air over fluid).  I think that is the most thorough method.

- what about gravity bleeding?

Google it for instructions.

You\'ve got to have a trapped bubble in there somewhere.

[smichaelR22]

its a new master cyclinder, and i did bench bleed it before i put it in following the instructions.

ill have to investigate the other methods, for now i have given up and moved on.  someone said it might be cause i didnt put new rotors, that they are worn thinner on the edge and thicker near the hub, so untill the pads wear in to the same profile the calipers are just bending the pads in untill they contact.

other updates:

took her on a couple highway drives, motor has garbage for power but seems to run ok.  only have a few more feet of frame rail to blast down before making some repairs and painting it which i hope to do tonight.

[smichaelR22]

whoo first thruway drive, shes in rochester :)



ebay scrambler

42\"s look awesome!
my motor and tranny too  :-(

[smichaelR22]

i forgot to mention, to all who have complaned on many forums i have read about spring over being unsafe and a horrible thing to do to a vehicle...

You must be a bunch of babies driving new trailblazers or something, or did a hack job.

Im very happy with its road manners for a 26 year old vehical lifed 5\" on 35\" tires.  seems to hold fairly straight and stable on the road even at thruway speeds and the occational pot hole or curvy exit ramp.


had my first experience trying to cut glass, aparently i should have googled before i realized my failure... score only once!  trying to make the triangles for the doors, one of them was cracked....

o well, only out 4$ try again tomorrow with the new technique.

[smichaelR22]

new glass both sides!

also got a fresh first coat of mud on the scrambler... found that a D20 popping out of 4low sounds like and exlpoding drive shaft....not the most fun thing to hear the first time in 4x4.  i think i need to cut the holes in the tranny cover just a little bit more...

[smichaelR22]

new ebrake cables in and they work!

tried a vacume hand pump bleeder, no change in petal...

going to take the calipers off tomorrow and try to bleed with the bleeders pointed to the sky, right now they appear to not be quite the highest point on the caliper (installed correct orientation though).

[MrMindless]

is that still the original booster?  If so that\'s about the only stock part still left in your brake system isn\'t it?

[smichaelR22]

whoowhoo i have brakes!


after having to read a book on how to get the calipers off without disconnecting the flex lines, i managed to bleed the calipers tiped with the bleeders just a little bit higher than they normally are and had great amounts of joy hearing the bubbly squirting noise on both sides!

system has no booster

im so excited! lol just gota get the back up lights working, and thing i make my first attempt at NYS inspection....

[Guest]

sooo.... ahhh.... those stickers on the side of the hood.... is that in case you forget what you\'re driving....

[smichaelR22]

no they are to confuse people whos rigs are on jackstands...

[smichaelR22]

i guess being emissions exempt doesnt mean you dont need a cat... i dont get it, sure.  Need to get a cat now.

All lights and brakes work, and other than the gapping holes on the inside of the frame over the axle where i pulled rust out, i should be good to go after that.

[smichaelR22]

ordered a cat off ebay, started working on some wood bed rails cause i think they look cool.  took some meausurements and did the wood working, hope to get em on sunday when i go back to rochester.  hope to get the cat in and get her inspected over the holiday weekend next week.

[CoraC143]

wow, you are putting us all to shame with the speedieness of your build!

Any new pictures? I think the wood bed rails will look awesome!

[smichaelR22]

bed rails came out super sexy....

[Guest]

swweeeett!