65 Brake problems

[Eric the Barber]

I changed my front disc brakes this morning (which is by far on of the easiest brakes I've ever done, every car should be that easy). Anyways once I got the plates back on the caliper and bled the brakes, no matter how many times I bleed them the brakes still go to the floor and I can still hear air. I would think maybe theres a leak but there wasnt up to till today and I didnt touch any of the lines. I had to bleed them when I first got it because they were empty and it worked just fine.
Im doing as the shop manual says, Open the bleed, press break, close bleed, repeat till no air. We bled them for about 2 hrs and still had air. We checked for leaks, couldnt find any and you cant hear any air sucking when you release, just air being pushed when you press the pedal.:banghead Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[redbird1]

You stated what you did to bleed the brakes, but it could be you weren't doing it right.
First off, fill the master cylinder about 1/2 inch from the top.
Get an assistant to man the brake pedal while you are under the car.
Start with the rear passenger wheel, then rear drivers side, then front passenger, and finally drivers front wheel.
Tell the person pushing the pedal to pump the pedal, and hold it while you loosen the bleed screw.
Hold it to the floor until you have tightened the bleed screw.
Repeat this a couple of times on each wheel to evacuate all the air, then move to the next wheel.
If the pedal is released before the bleed screw is tightened, it allows air back in the system.
Also, check the fluid level after every wheel bleed.
keep the level 1/2 inch from the top.
If done as stated, this should give you a good brake pedal.
Bob.

 

[Eric the Barber]

I figured since I didnt touch the back brakes I wouldnt need to bleed them but I was going to try. So I removed the tires and checked out the shoes to see how they looked and to my surprise, my passenger side had no shoe in it! Who doesnt put 1 shoe on a car??? So anyways, thats where the air was coming from. So its braking great now. Thanks!