weird brake bleeding story

[chrissev]

So I was bleeding my brake lines after replacing two rusty ones.  So I got my dad to sit in the car and pump the brake pedal.  And he pumped and pumped.  And nothing happened.  I wasn't getting any air bubbles or any fluid or anything.  So I checked all the unions, loosened and tightened them.  Still no bubbles.  So I was about to take the new lines back out and check them to see if something was stuck in them, when I happened to look in the car where my dad was quite vigourously pumping the gas pedal up and down.  The gas, not the brake!  So that was funny anyway.  I showed him which pedal to pump and then he was fine.  I think the problem is he drives an automatic and the three pedals confused him.  My brother bled my brakes for me once and pushed the clutch down, disengaging the transmission and the car started to roll backwards off the jack stands and I had to yell to him to let the clutch back out so the car didn't fall off of the stands.  He also drives automatic and he thought the clutch was the brake pedal.  

thought it was a funny story anyway

chris

[tackered]

Congratulations, you didn't die today.

[watsongs]

That's OK - I asked my wife to help me  - she's been driving an auto for 5 years - she asked, "the brakes in the middle, right?..."

[dirtytom]

I had to bleed the hydraulic clutch on my old ford ranger and I had my brother help me. I told him to grab the pedal since there was no resistance and pump like hell. An hour later with no pressure or air bubles we when't to the parts store and got a 80 dollar master cylinder. when I when't to put it in I found that he pulled so hard on the pedle the frist time that he pulled the pushrod out of the master cylinder. 20 minutes later I had the clutch bleed and was on my way to get my 80 bucks back :wink: .

[Adam]

That's OK - I asked my wife to help me  - she's been driving an auto for 5 years - she asked, "the brakes in the middle, right?..."

At least she figured it out, god bless her.