If all this is true then you have air........somewhere...........
How are you bleeding? I've always like PRESSURE bleeding. I know people preach gravity and vacuum, but they both "encourage" the entrance of air.......because atmospheric pressure!!
I used my mighty vac to get the lines refilled. Then we pressure bled it. Lots. As for air in the ports... the first 6/7 slow pumps we had a few bubbles but that stopped. I still wonder about the rear drums. I’m beginning to think I’ve got something wrong back there. Seeing that I had to put 1/8” thick washers between the axle flange and the drum to keep it off the backing plates on both sides... the plates aren’t bent, the drum goes on “ too far” and rubs in the drum recess. I’m obviously not going to drive it around like this. When I pull the e brake, my pedal is substantially better. I have a little drag in the shoes. In fact probably too much as the LR was smoking for a few seconds after a very short trip. I wonder if I have some truck drum or something and it’s smashing or cocking the shoes, and the e brake straightens up the shoes somehow. I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Although I don’t care for drums, I’ve never really struggled with them as an adult.
