awesome guys
thankyou so much.
thinking back. the caliper did NOT go on smoothly. it was EXTREMELY tight when the pads were in. the pistons were pretty worse for wear, so im assuming they aren't retracting the correct amount and keeping brake pressure on the pads/rotors.
I ordered a reconditioned caliper from europarts.
once installed, i plan on doing the gravity fed brake bleed method. as it seems to be the most simple, tho long. also with such an old brake system, i am hesitant to bleed/flush the brakes using the brake pedal (traditional) method as i don't want to burn out the parts that can burn out from going past their normal length. (i know that's vague, but i read about it last night).
with the gravity fed method, my understanding is......
place tube on bleeder valve, and run that to a container for draining. open bleeder valve. open brake fluid reservoir above the engine under the hood. moniter the level of brake fluid in reservoir and don't allow to go too low. I plan on doing the front two brakes at the same time.
My question is, does this have to be done on a flat surface? or can I have my van facing down my driveway at an angle.
i ordered dot4+ from europarts as well. I'm assuming because this was a fedex van, they maintained using correct fluids, and thus no fear of mixing with some random dot fluid.