how to bleed breaks and clutch never did it before

[Rdaugherty]

I have never bleed breaks but I need to on my 1800  the fluid is brown  and sludge  building .how hard is this? Do I do both front calipers  and the rear looks like it has 2 bleeders  witch do I do ? and also how to bleed clutch ?  Do I need to replace any seals on break reservoir

[Robert]

Not hard at all but you have to be careful with the brake fluid as it will eat paint. Yes bleed both front calipers and before you do take the cover off the master brake cylinder which is on the handbrake and suck out all the fluid and make sure its clean inside there. Once thats done you can refill it and commence bleeding.

 This goes for bleeding or anything you are changing brake fluid on.

After refilling it about 3/4 way up so as not to slosh out put the white plastic float thing back into the master and commence to bleed. That consists of opening one bleeder on one caliper, either one and then press the handbrake. Im big enough to do this while putting my finger on top of the bleeder so that when you release the handbrake it will not suck air through the bleeder but suck fluid from the master cylinder. It goes like this open bleeder, press on handbrake, put finger on top of bleeder, release handbrake. You do not have to open the bleeder all the way and be careful of the fluid and where it goes. If you get brake fluid on anything rinse with water and you should be fine. Just make sure NO water enters the brake system as this is what destroys brake fluid and can cause brake failure.

  Repeat the process till clean fluid comes out then close the bleeder. On the final bleed close the bleeder press the handbrake so there is pressure, basically apply the brakes and the open slowly and not all at once, then open the bleeder again. This opens it under pressure and any air that may have gotten in will be expelled under pressure. Since the finger bleed is not under pressure and may allow a small amount of air in. There are many variations on this so watch someone on Youtube and you will get a better idea on what to do.

Its that easy and I will go into variations of bleeding in a bit, but wanted to post this for you. Most all bleeding, clutch, brake anything will have the same principle.

[Rdaugherty]

Do I have to replace the rubber seal/diaphragm  inside the master ? I watched a video saying you should  , or can I just reuse it?

[Robert]

Do I have to replace the rubber seal/diaphragm  inside the master ? I watched a video saying you should  , or can I just reuse it?

You can reuse it but if you see any fluid coming from the master when assembled then you will have to change it. Of course its always good practice to replace any seal once taken apart but with no pressure and being pretty reliable you should be fine.