Land Rover Repair: Rover brake bleeding., rear brakes, wheel cylinders

Question
Hello John,

I have a 1966 Rover. I put a new master cylinder,all new wheel cylinders,shoes and new hardware, new drums and one new steel line in the rear(block to left rear). Front has two cylinders per wheel connected by a steel line.Bleeder is on the bottom cylinder. back has one cylinder. Adjusted all the brake shoes.(front shoe then rear shoe.) I did it two time and a friend did it one time.(he said i did a prefect job) My thing is there is air in the system! I am doing some thing wrong! I have 1/4 pedal and can pump it up to full pedal.. It's funny the front bleeders are on the bottom?? and NO way i see to bleed the top cylinder?? I get No air out the rear brakes. But alittle sometimes out the front.(little bubble after 6-10 bleeds) I have used 1/2 Gal of LMA! I have tried the tube in the jar trick.(NO good) I did have a problem years ago with a mustang 1974 disc brakes. The way the caliper was mounted and the car level the bleeder was not at the top. This  caused a little pocket of air to stay. After talking to ford tech he said to unbolt the caliper and tilt it up leaving it on the rotor making sure the bleeder was at the top and rebleed them. Perfect the first time! Just that little trick! Is there a trick to this 1966? Am i missing a bleeding point?? I did bench bleed the master and   I did bleed it 8 or 9 times only some air the first 2 times.... there are No leaks...I am almost sure it something with them two wheelcylinder brakes in the front?? The bleeder on the bottom cylinder is weird to me.. what about the top one?? It's like a is traped there to me???

Thank you Very Much!  Thomas Woolf....Please Email me with any question you have!  

Answer
Hi Thomas,

It could very well be the air in your front calipers that is causing the problem.  I use a bleeding sequence on my LR Disco but am not sure it applies to your '66 rover.  

1. Passenger rear
2. Driver's front
3. Driver's rear
4. Passenger front

Your best bet is to check out the following website and see if other rover owners can give you some more info:

www.lrenthusiastforum.com

You could also try ken@lancasterrestorations.com

Ken is located in British Columbia, Canada and specializes in restoration of older British vehicles.  He should have some insight for you.

Best of luck,

JohnMc