A shop recently said the brake fluid on my 1997 T100 was dirty and needed flushing. To save the $100+ for the job I deciding to bleed myself using the Motive Power Bleeder. I have never done brakes on this truck but have successfully done them on my Subaru with 4 wheel discs.

The order I read from one forum (4x4wire) said driver's rear wheel, passenger rear wheel, passenger front, driver's front, LSPV, but I'm starting to think that is wrong as Passenger rear is the furthest point once I was under the truck.

Anyway, I pump up the Motive to 15 psi and go to bleed the Rear Driver wheel. Nothing comes out, even when I completely unscrew the bleeder screw. Then I loosen the screw where the brake line comes into that wheel and nothing comes out. The Rear Passenger bleeds fine, and the "T" where both lines meet bleeds also.

At this point I am not familiar with the LPSV so I chalk it up to a clogged brake line that I'll fix in a few days when I have more time. I go to the front of the truck, and neither of the front bleeders would bleed. I double check the Power Bleeder is still at 15psi. I button it all up and shake my head.

In hindsight, I should of taken off the Motive and had the wife pump the pedal to make sure the problem wasn't with too little pressure on the Motive. I didn't want to go above 15 psi on the Motive because that seems excessive.

Now I start to drive the truck thinking it is not going to brake, and the brakes feel just as they did before. I have no idea how this could be. What boneheaded thing did I do while I was trying to bleed my brakes? Am I really driving around with on just one brake? My next step is to take the shop up on the brake bleeding job and double check I didn't screw anything up, but I'd love to know what may have gone wrong beforehand.