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Brake fluid. Getting towards the end, but this bike continues to fight me. I have the Don Pender MC and went ahead and filled the resevour and then backfilled the caliper/lines from the bleed nipple. I then noticed it leaking at the hose mount

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Crap! Thinking it's coming from the hose, i'm now contemplating having to deal with Don and possibly international shipping. I then realized he uses a fitting on the hose. All i needed was to tighten this down (after all my fluid leaked out)

So think i'm now GTG, nope. I go to squeeze the brake to make sure there's no air in the system and all it did was recirculate the fluid in the reservoir. No pressure. Damn

So i drain the fluid (which is a mess), pull off the MC and check to see if the plunger is in and working correctly. It is, hmmmm. Then i wonder if the reservoir is pressurized and i need the cover to keep pressure in the reservoir. Sure enough, i put the the reservoir cover and i got brake pressure

<blockquote data-quote="TomU" data-source="post: 602910" data-attributes="member: 7984">Brake fluid.&nbsp; Getting towards the end, but this bike continues to fight me.&nbsp; I have the Don Pender MC and went ahead and filled the resevour and then backfilled the caliper/lines from the bleed nipple.&nbsp; I then noticed it leaking at the hose mount[ATTACH=full]101393[/ATTACH]Crap!&nbsp; Thinking it&#039;s coming from the hose, i&#039;m now contemplating having to deal with Don and possibly international shipping.&nbsp; I then realized he uses a fitting on the hose.&nbsp; All i needed was to tighten this down (after all my fluid leaked out)&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />So think i&#039;m now GTG, nope.&nbsp; I go to squeeze the brake to make sure there&#039;s no air in the system and all it did was recirculate the fluid in the reservoir.&nbsp; No pressure.&nbsp; Damn <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />So i drain the fluid (which is a mess), pull off the MC and check to see if the plunger is in and working correctly.&nbsp; It is, hmmmm.&nbsp; Then i wonder if the reservoir is pressurized and i need the cover to keep pressure in the reservoir.&nbsp; Sure enough, i put the the reservoir cover and i got brake pressure&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TomU, post: 602910, member: 7984"] Brake fluid. Getting towards the end, but this bike continues to fight me. I have the Don Pender MC and went ahead and filled the resevour and then backfilled the caliper/lines from the bleed nipple. I then noticed it leaking at the hose mount [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_1818sm.jpg"]101393[/ATTACH] Crap! Thinking it's coming from the hose, i'm now contemplating having to deal with Don and possibly international shipping. I then realized he uses a fitting on the hose. All i needed was to tighten this down (after all my fluid leaked out) :( So think i'm now GTG, nope. I go to squeeze the brake to make sure there's no air in the system and all it did was recirculate the fluid in the reservoir. No pressure. Damn :rolleyes: So i drain the fluid (which is a mess), pull off the MC and check to see if the plunger is in and working correctly. It is, hmmmm. Then i wonder if the reservoir is pressurized and i need the cover to keep pressure in the reservoir. Sure enough, i put the the reservoir cover and i got brake pressure :) [/QUOTE]