G-body bleed procedure.

[slowcamaro]

Story goes something like this...my girls father recently got a '80 malibu for a mild drag car (12's), and hes been having issues with the brakes.

Corroded bleeders, fluid only getting to one of the front caliper, hearing "their is some block down on the frame rail that might be bad..."A whole load of issues and reasons for these issues.

Most recently he tells me that in the manual for his car it says to bleed the system starting closest to the master cylinder. True?

I have a similar era Camaro and I cant imagine tha brake system is that different, any non-typical problems these cars had that might clue me in on where to start after the basics?

[megaladon6]

the block on the frame rail is the proportioning valve. it's on the d/s right by the bellhousing.
is the fluid not coming out of the caliper/wheel cylinder bleeder holes or did you loosen/remove the lines and still didn't get fluid?
i always bleed cars (inc. my monte) from the farthest bleeder first.

[slowcamaro]

I have yet to actually pay the car a visit myself, which is why im asking about potential querks with this chassis. How do you feel about this quote from the online manual I found.

NOTE: On cars with front disc brakes, it will be necessary to hold in the metering valve pin during the bleeding procedure. The metering valve is located beneath the master cylinder and the pin is situated under the rubber boot on the end of the valve housing. This may be taped in or held by an assistant