No oil coming out when trying to bleed the brakes (1999pontiac Grand Am)!

Tiny
SWRIGHT174
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  • 2000 PONTIAC GRAND AM
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
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I just put all new parts on my 1999/2000 pontiac grand am 6 cylinder rear tires installed drum, wheel cylinder, hub , brake shoes ( the m shaped bracket w the one spring connecting to it ext. Lol ) but once complete we went to bleed the brakes n where not getting any oil to come out we tried pumping them w/ the car on (The breaks would get a little pressure but mainly still went to the floor) && off (Had alog of pressure && sometimes alil hard to push to the floor ) nothing ! (&& I was so excited to learn how to do brakes being a female so it really put a damper on things) any idea why? Also the brake cylinder reservoir was completely filled && was even bubbling when the car was being pumped but still no fluid..
Friday, October 16th, 2015 AT 5:27 PM

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Tiny
CAR-MAN145
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Some of these cars have what they call cross braking and need to bleed from the right front front then the left rear then the left front and the right rear. Even if you didn't do anything to the front. You can tell this by looking at the master cylinder if it has 4 lines coming out of it then it has cross braking
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Saturday, October 17th, 2015 AT 12:42 AM

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