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You cannot gravity bleed if you let the master cylinder go dry... the only way to correctly bleed is by vaccuum. If you used a venturi or mity-vac type bleeder,

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You cannot gravity bleed if you let the master cylinder go dry... the only way to correctly bleed is by vaccuum.

If you used a venturi or mity-vac type bleeder, you'll be fine.
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You cannot gravity bleed if you let the master cylinder go dry... the only way to correctly bleed is by vaccuum.

If you used a venturi or mity-vac type bleeder, you'll be fine.
Gravity bleeding has been around for along time me and some guys I know still do it this way,I did a gravity bleed on my 370 when I replaced my SS line and flush the fluid with synthetic,the pedal was rock hard with the car off and stops great.

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If the M/C ran dry try to bleed the brakes to establish a pedal and it you can't then you can try pressure bleeding them if that doesn't work then the last resort is to remove the M/C and bench bleed it reinstall and re bleed the brakes.
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