
About 20 minutes in with nothing coming from the bleeder(s) and no fluid disappearing from the reservoir I started to think maybe it wasn't going to be that easy. Then remembering someone on here describing their troubles with theirs and having to remove the master cyl and bleed it on the bench. Every web search on the topic says you must bleed the master on the bench! Fat chance, I wasn't undoing all those fiddly brake line nuts again and risking getting fluid everywhere on the paint job. Even the FSM has no instructions on bleeding the master, everything else about bleeding the system assumes you already have old fluid in the system.
So I stumbled on a neat little trick that got the master full and pumping with no air in about 10 minutes; apply suction to the bleeder as you pump the pedal! Is alot easier with a helper on the pedal obviously, but a piece of aquarium hose is all that's needed. Slip it over the bleeder and put some vacuum to it, when the pedal is released after being depressed I saw the fluid level drop in the reservoir and some came flowing into the hose! Once there is something in there to get the cylinder pumping then you are away, just bleed as normal with no suction. I had the whole system (all 4 wheels) bled and rock solid in about 20 minutes


Was pretty happy in the end - after all wheels were bled and pumping solid brake fluid, the last few drips from the bottle saw both reservoirs smack bang on the max line
