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Thank all of you for your quick responses. For the time being I feel 1project 2many hit it on the nose. When I went back out to garage the discs were still rattling around on their pins and sure enough after pumping quite a bit I have a pedal.
I re-adjusted the length of the actuator rod and the alignment to the pedal and things are looking a lot better.

Yes, those pictured are my rear calipers. Thanks again and thank you dsraven for the tutorial. Good basic information that if you don't understand it will have you spinning your wheels.