Thanks for the explanation on the ABS pump. I'll have to dig into that a little more, and look for an independent shop that has a scan tool that can do that.
I should have mentioned: my brakes felt soft before installing the stainless lines, and no worse after. There was dark fluid and some air in the system. I've done a good hard run, and will re-bleed, hopefully after finding somewhere safe to get into the ABS a few times.
When installing the stainless lines, I don't think I allowed the fluid to drain all the way up to the ABS unit, and I kept fluid in the reservoir. When changing lines, I use vacum caps to cap the hard lines as soon as I detach the soft line below. I thread the new line into the caliper first, get the top of the soft line in place, and then quickly uncap the hard line and thread it onto the top of the soft line. There's not much fluid loss or mess, except what was inside the old soft line.
I've had stainless lines in many other vehicles, and depending on the condition of the old rubber lines, I could notice a difference in firmness of the pedal. On older vehicles I replace the rubber lines with stainless just to avoid the unknowns of the older lines' visually undetectable aging, cracking, swelling under pressure, etc., and for their resistance to impacts and cuts.
I should have mentioned: my brakes felt soft before installing the stainless lines, and no worse after. There was dark fluid and some air in the system. I've done a good hard run, and will re-bleed, hopefully after finding somewhere safe to get into the ABS a few times.
When installing the stainless lines, I don't think I allowed the fluid to drain all the way up to the ABS unit, and I kept fluid in the reservoir. When changing lines, I use vacum caps to cap the hard lines as soon as I detach the soft line below. I thread the new line into the caliper first, get the top of the soft line in place, and then quickly uncap the hard line and thread it onto the top of the soft line. There's not much fluid loss or mess, except what was inside the old soft line.
I've had stainless lines in many other vehicles, and depending on the condition of the old rubber lines, I could notice a difference in firmness of the pedal. On older vehicles I replace the rubber lines with stainless just to avoid the unknowns of the older lines' visually undetectable aging, cracking, swelling under pressure, etc., and for their resistance to impacts and cuts.