[davbowen]

The order in which the wheels are bled is usually specified in the vehicle's shop manual.

There are many techniques for bleeding brakes and lots of gadgets to make the job easier. But for removing air bubbles from the system, one approach works the best. That's the "old fashioned method", which requires a 2nd person to push on the brake pedal while the you open and close the bleed screw. This 2-person method generates a sufficient jolt to the brake fluid to knock loose pesky bubbles and allows them to be flushed away.

I was taught to start with the wheel furthest from the master cylinder and work your way closer. This will also allow the system to be bled in such a way as to minimize the amount of cross contamination between the new and old fluid.

I do know that with the advent of the newer vacuum pumps you need to bleed the system with your sequence, closest to M/C first ending with the farthest.

I'm always open to new ideas and I'm getting ready to replace all the lines on my 63. I have a vacuum pump system and plan to bleed them using your sequence.