Bleeding a dry brake system

[uncle_asa]

He checked with Isuzu, and apparenlty the way to bleed a completely dry VehiCross brake system is to remove the fuse for the ABS and do a standard bleed with the motor running.

Get your copy of Workshop Manual to do the things right!
http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...warticle&id=20

[MSHardeman]

Uncle,

I have the manual......just didn't read it closely enough. I think I'm going to read that thing from top to bottom so I'll be ready for anything from here on out.

[kpaske]

Hey, that's a great tip that I never knew about. Maybe that's why my ABS light has been on ever since I R&Red my calipers? Did your ABS light come on?

[uncle_asa]

Hey, that's a great tip that I never knew about. Maybe that's why my ABS light has been on ever since I R&Red my calipers? Did your ABS light come on?

The manual said, that "the vacuum booster will be damaged if the
bleeding operation is performed with the engine off".

Regarding ABS troubleshooting: read pages 5A-26 and 5A-24 of manual. They might give you some tips on what to look for.

My ABS unit just died due to one of the solenoids failure, I disassembled half of electrical part but did not found anything to repair, so I bought replacement on e-bay (hope it works ). Just in case, the ABS unit is interchangeble with Trooper.

[MSHardeman]

kpaske,

When I was bleeding the system myself, I didn't turn the car on so I don't know if the ABS light would have come on or not. Obviously when we removed the fuse the light came on. I'm sure you've check the ABS fuse already, and it sounds like a really simple thing, but if you haven't give it a shot.