1976 Chevy Truck Redone brakes

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RON GLASBY
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Brakes problem
1976 Chevy Truck V8 Two Wheel Drive Manual

Was having brake problems, replaced both front calipers and pads, turned both rotors.
replaced both rear wheel-cylinders and shoes. Cleaned and inspected all hardware - good.
Installed all new components. Topped off master-cylinder. Bled system starting at lft. front, rt. front, lft. rear, then rt. rear. Not getting any fluid to lft. front caliper. Disconnected brake line from left caliper and applied brake pedal, no fluid comes out. The other 3 work fine. Please advise. Thank you for your time.
Attempted to disconnect the solid line from the valve to the caliper and they are stripped.
Apr 4, 2010 at 3:46 AM
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HMAC300
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first you bled your brakes wrong. take the brake hose off and get a new one that is probably your problem. actually change both of them in the front. Then when you bleed your brakes start at the right rear-left rear-rt front then left front. That is the proper way to bleed brakes.
Apr 13, 2010 at 9:26 AM
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