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OPERATION No. ID 453-O
: Bleeding the brake system
BLEEDING (cars produced since February 1958).
On cars produced since February 1958, the brakes must be bled with the engine idling and the car stabilised at its
"normal'1 position.
To bleed the system:
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To bleed the front brakes :
1. Fit a flexible pipe on the bleed tube of the front brake cylinders (this will be found on the right-hand
brake,). The end of the flexible pipe must be inserted in a container, preferably a transparent one,
containing a small quantity of brake fluid.
2.
Unscrew the brake bleed screw (spanner 2141-T, see Pl. 101, fig. 4).
3. Depress the brake pedal a full stroke and keep it depressed.
4. Bleeding occurs by the circulation of the fluid through the suspension system. When the fluid flowing
from the pipe is free from air bubbles, re-tighten the brake bleed
screw
(spanner 2141-T).
b) To bleed the rear brakes :
Proceed in the same manner as indicated in the previous paragraph, working in succession on the left-hand
andthenonthe right-handbleed screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To bleed the master cylinder :
Unscrew the front brake bleed screw. Operate the brake pedal several times and re-tighten the bleed screw when
the fluid discharged is free from air bubbles (spanner 2141-T, see Pl. 101, fig. 4) . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOTE - When the supplementary feed operates in a permanent manner during the use of the brakes, bleeding must
be carried out and the adjustment of the rear brake eccentric bushes must be checked.
ADJUSTING BRAKE PEDAL HEIGHT
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Set the adjusting screw (3), so that distance llarr = 156 - 0.5 mm, from the lower edge of the brake pedal pad
(rubber pad removed) to the top of the underfelt, underneath the rubber mat (see Pl. 107).
ID 19
TOOLS
Spanner 214 1-T
Spanner 2141-T