Brakes - filling and bleeding from scratch

[Junior Jackson 0]

Hi - firstly please bear in mind this is with regard to a Mk2 Golf syncro with no ABS.

 

I've searched a few forums including this one and found quite a few tips with regard to bleeding brakes etc but some advice is conflicting or confusing.

 

I've just done a rear disk conversion on one of my syncro's and also changed the front disks, hubs and calipers etc for Corrado G60 one's. I've changed the standard small syncro master cylinder for a late Mk2 larger bore one (22mm) and it's also had new flexi hoses and mostly new metal lines.

 

Wherever possible we've tried to keep the fluid in the system (or what's left of it) but obviously all of the calipers, hoses and the master cylinder are empty.

 

We're struggling to get anything but air through the system, using a pro pressure bleeder or otherwise. We've gone back to the original master cylinder and tried removing altogether the load compensator. I've a new compensator coming tomorrow just in case but really we have to treat it as a completely empty system.

 

Can anyone help with this - i.e. if the system is completely empty, what is the correct procedure to get the system filled and bled??

 

We've tried loads of different routines and orders and we're just chasing ourselves around the car now.

 

Any help would be really appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris.