Bench bleeding

1996 NISSAN 200SX
253,000 MILES • 1.6L • 4 CYL • FWD
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COREY H JENKINS
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Changing the brake master cylinder. Do not have a vise to anchor the master cylinder to bench bleed it. Is there another way to do this?
Apr 26, 2017 at 4:40 PM
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CJ MEDEVAC
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If you have two people (that can play well together) you can mount it on the vehicle and bleed it on board (I prefer this way myself).

You are going to need the plastic adapters and little clear hoses.

I am going to send you a link, read the parts on how I do it. There is a link in there showing how another feller did his project vehicle. That link will be helpful in seeing it with your own eyes.

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/2000-nissan-frontier-frontier-brakes-started-floor-first-time-you-applied-them

Return and let me know if this helped at all!

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Apr 26, 2017 at 7:15 PM
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Hello,

You can use a vise mounted on a bench as well.

Here is a guide that can help you

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-brake-master-cylinder

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
May 3, 2017 at 9:40 AM
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