I'm and idiot. During the bleeding process on my newly painted calipers, I forgot to re-fill the master cylinder before moving onto the next one. I knew to do it, I went back to double check the bleeder valve, and then forgot.

So now what the hell do I do? I've been trying to find the bleeder valve on the master cylinder, but can't seem to find one.

I'm guessing I just can't continue to bleed, right?

 

Got it all back together! And it works!

I followed this guys video.

I'll have to take it for another spin, I may have been over-analyzing it, but I think the brakes feel like they used to. But a part of me thinks they may be just a tiny tad soft. But again, it may just be in my head. At least they aren't super spongy.

Ran into a couple issues while putting everything back together. After I started bleeding the right rear, I double checked the other wheels to make sure there were no leaks. The front right had a very minor one. It was where the hardline meets the hose. And that was the one I was really worried about. It was the hardest to get off. Once the other ones were cracked, the could unscrew them with my fingers. This one was stiff the entire way with the wrench, which had me concerned that maybe it was cross-threaded from the factory.

So I took my wrench, and tightened it about 1/8 in more. After that, no more leaking. So fingers crossed thats all it was.

Other than bleeding the Master Cylinder pretty much dry, the other stupid thing I did, and I really don't want to blame myself, but I will;

After I was pretty confident that the system was air free, I went around and inspected every bolt. Making sure they were tight. I wasn't going to give it my all, just enough that I could tell it was tight. I put my wrench on the banjo bolt on the front left caliper, barely gave it a tug, and the head of the bolt snapped off. I hadn't even given it a hard snug at that point. I actually thought my wrench slipped off. But nope, dangling hose, dripping fluid. GD it!

This was a bolt from Steeda. I quickly grabbed the old OEM bolt, and luckily I had one more set of washers, and put it back together. Ford's bolt seems a lot more durable than the Steeda provided ones. Which now has me concerned. How close are the other bolts to breaking? I obviously put just enough pressure to leave it in a state of almost breaking.

So after 4 full days, I've got my painted calipers on, and the car seems to be stopping like normal. Will need to touch up some of the paint, but it's barely noticeable.

I'll take some photos in tomorrows sunlight and post them.