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Changed caliper on 2005 ford freestar and now brakes are spongie.

I changed a caliper on my 2005 ford freestar and bled the brakes but they are spongie, what do I do now? I've manually pumped the brakes and bled each one out and still spongie.

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When bleading the brakes have someone there watching to make sure the master cylinder never runs out of brake fluid or all of your time spent bleading them will be waisted.

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Use a vacuum pump brake bleeder starting at the furthest point from the master cylinder. They cost abt $35. Be sure to keep master cylinder full... :)

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    Use a vacuum pump brake bleeder starting at the furthest point from the master cylinder. They cost abt $35. Be sure to keep master cylinder full... :)

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