I have always started with furthest from master cylinder but just looked in my 71 Buick factory manual and it says to start with nearest. What's the deal?
If you Google this, you see start with wheel furthest from the MC, and work your way closer. Rear R&L first, then front R&L.
Been a while & not sure I ever read the manual on this but I'm thinking I was taught & always did it as the manual specifies.
I think corner choice is less important on a dual-circuit system like your '71 (front isolated from rear in the master cylinder). I'm wondering if the "furthest first" rule-of-thumb originated in single reservoir systems. Since the advent of ABS and diagonally split systems, it's pretty much been "follow the instructions". I'm not sure if it really matters on our dual circuit master cylinders. In practice, I have always gone by word-of-mouth and did furthest first on my '67, dual circuit, drums all around. For peace of mind I've always gone back and done a "do over". Devon
Starting at the nearest significantly reduces the time it takes to bleed, especially if it has disc in front.
Says the same in the 70 manual as the original post. Never noticed that. Don't think I'll be changing the way I do it though
Reason I looked it up was that I bled my 71 with manual drum and pedal was lousy. I'm going to re-bleed starting at LF and see how it goes.....
