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Mike, J.N. and all,
I finally got around to bleeding my new brakes this afternoon.  In an hour
of bleeding while actuating the pedals (master cyls) in various ways I
finally filled the reservoir to overflowing.  The pedals pump up nicely
after a few strokes but that is not good enough.
My pot still had residual pressure after more than three years of storage
and I pumped it up some more. I let it stand two nights.  I was amazed to
find, just now after bleeding, that air bubbles have formed in the plastic
bleed line connected to the bleeder port of the left brake where I left it
hours ago.
Mike, you are right.  Air does stay in the fluid even tho it is impossible
to see.  My spongy pedals prove that.  Pedals should not need to be "pumped
up" even if that makes them hard as a rock.  They must be hard the first
time you give them a push.
So much for my "el cheapo" pressure pot.
Walter Dodson

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