Most musclecar enthusiasts have heard that you should bench bleed a master cylinder before installing it on the car but not everyone follows this advice because they think it’s not necessary.

The brake master cylinder is the first component in a vehicle’s braking system, activated by depressing the brake pedal. The pedal pushes a piston through this cylinder, forcing brake fluid ...

Pushing in the clutch pedal makes fluid flow from a master cylinder (or fluid reservoir) to the slave cylinder, which moves the pressure plate, allowing the driver to shift gears. Seals and hoses ...