Ok. So I tried to take a short cut and only bleed the left front, which is
the only caliper I worked on. All things considered, we should just do the
whole system I guess.

...Kevin

Jim Cathey said:
>> obvious that there is still air in the system. Are there any tricks to
>> bleeding a W123 system? Seems like a straightforward job, but my
>> results
>> to date are less than acceptable.
>
> Wash, rinse, repeat!  You do the rear first, either side first, then the
> RF, then the LF.  I had trouble on the 190D (using a check-valve one man
> bleeder dingus) until I got the wife in the front seat and did the whole
> verbal commands thing to sync the opening and closing of the bleeders
> with her pedal action.  Too much backwards air leakage otherwise.
>
> You _did_ get the bleed screws mounted upwards, right?  Left and right
> calipers are not interchangeable.
>
> -- Jim
>
>


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