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Old 09-07-2015, 05:30 PM
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No brake pressure

Sorry to be that guy but I've run into another issue with my brakes. Now everything has been replaced, the metal breaklines, connectors, brake booster and master, ect. all new, however my front lines are dry, bone dry and the reservoir is not dropping any, there are no kinks or links in the brake lines but can't figure why it's not flowing. The rears have brake fluid gushing out just fine but I'm not getting any flow to the fronts, any ideas?
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Old 09-07-2015, 06:06 PM
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You need to bleed the system.......
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Old 09-07-2015, 06:22 PM
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Of course

I've bled it repeatedly but I'm not getting any flow out of the fronts, only the rears.
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Old 09-07-2015, 07:28 PM
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bleed the master

if you would really like answers that would help you and avoid flames give the following info when you post: year of car, n/a or turbo engine, stick or slushbox, digital or analog dash. Most of us can tell by the year what model you have ie 85T is a turbo z31. Z cars come in many flavors and they are all different. example 84,85,86 Z31's pretty comparable. there were changes in 87,88,89. in addition 300ZX can refer to two completly different cars the Z31 and the Z32. No mindreaders here the more info you can post the more likely you get a cogent useful answer. The cars with L engine (straight six) changed almost yearly from their introduction. A 240Z and and a 280Z have similarities but they can also have wide variance.
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Old 09-08-2015, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerz
bleed the master
This. If you don't bleed the master first, you can pump till you die and you'll never get anywhere. Check out the bleed procedure in the FSM.
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