Project SS!

[HAULN-SS]

Well this is a good thing and a bad thing...she has brakes! I was telling someone at turducken about how I had basically no pedal feel after doing all this work for a bit. It started out OK, but then eventually got to the point it has to be mashed to floor to get any stoppage. No bueno.

So I tried to figure out what was going on - bled the brakes a total of three times. Finally got fed up and took it to the shop near my house. They come back and tell me the MC is leaking, and they are going to replace it, flush and bleed the whole system. So I agree, and think maybe that's the problem. Long story short, they had the car about a week trying to figure out what it was, and AFTER replacing hte MC, come back and tell me the proportioning valve needs to be changed. Well, they couldnt find one, so I took this as an excuse to come get the car, because I am pretty sure it doesn't need a new one for this setup, especially cause i didnt put discs on the back.

So I ended up racking my brain thinking of what it could be. It finally dawned on me to swap the calipers side to side so the bleed valve is on the top. I do that, and what do you know they bled easy and i got a hard pedal right off the bat. The only slight problem i had is one of the bleeder valves had a leak around it. I used some teflon to seal that up, and she's good to go! I was working off a diagram the C6 brake kit guy sent me, and it clearly showed to have them mounted with the bleeder valve down. I feel like a dummy, but at least the problem is solved. Now the question is, why wouldnt the shop hav ecaught that? I spent a lot of money for nothing over there, and would be spending more if it was up to them. I am thinking I am done taking shit there (same shop that had previously quoted me 1700 on the F250 brakes)