Date:         Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:36:52 -0500
Reply-To:     "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Karl M." <thewestyman@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
Comments: To: daveb@CP.NET
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What I have used reliably for over 10 years in my commercial repair shop is
an ordinary 1/2 gallon garden sprayer. Yep, that's right! Toss the sprayer
end, instead, connect the hose to a fitting screwed into a spare fluid
resevoir cap (this would need to be the older type with the level sensor),
fill 'er halfway with fresh fluid, and pump the handle 20 or 30 times. Then
open the bleeder valve, and let the fluid flow! (If you connect a clear hose
to the bleeder valve, and into a container, you'll have less mess)

Karl Mullendore
Westy Ventures
1987 Westfalia Syncro TD 'Otto'
1988 Audi 80 Quattro

----- Original Message -----

> Does anyone know if these are any thing more than a
> bottle with two pipes (one going down to the bottom
> of the bottle and the other just making it into the
> top), some hose, a couple of air fittings, and a
> reservior top? Is there anything magic about the master
> cylinder that prevents one from pressure bleeding
> by supplying a pressurized flow of brake fluid
> to the reservior?
>
> dave