I've moved on to brake bleeding but can start a new thread if necessary.

I bled the front brakes - yes, I know, one should start from the left rear but figured they weren't affected by my installing the front pads.

I had a stick holding the brake pedal down when using my Mity-Vac. I had the choice of never ending zillions of tiny bubbles with the bleed screw cracked about an 1/8th of the way, or never ending fewer large bubbles with the screw cracked a 32nd of the way.

On page 5-8 of the manual it says: DO NOT pump the brake pedal at any time while bleeding. Air in the system will be compressed into small bubbles that are distributed throughout the hydraulic system. This will make additional bleeding operations necessary.

Numbers 1 and 2 say to fill the reservoir and allow the brakes to gravity bleed. (In whose lifetime?)

Number 3 says to put the tube in a partially glass jar (as if it wasn't already - though going through the Mity-Vac).

Number 4 says to get a helper to press down on the brake pedal, hold, tighten screw (then do it until you're blue in the face).

Okay, not pumping, but close to it. What I get is that pretty much whatever you do, it ain't gonna work.

Am I going to have to get another reservoir cap, epoxy in a tube, and pump this way?

I do not see how one can create more air bubbles in what is (should be) a closed system. The fluid level never got below 2/3rds of the upper reservoir.

Though I am sort of getting used to a half pedal. Does stop well.