Date:         Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:38:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Erik Feddersen <revtek@GREENNET.NET>
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From:         Erik Feddersen <revtek@GREENNET.NET>
Subject:      Report on brake work
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Took Thursday off.  60 degrees out.

Put in two new rear wheel brake cyclinders, that I got from ken.

I bought a hand held Mighty-Vac kit at NAPA and used it to pull the
brake fluid out through the bleeder.  Worked pretty well.  Worked better
after I put some grease around the base of the bleeder to eliminate air
being pulled in through the threads.  I also tried teflon tape, worked
even better.  The bottle coming with kit is too small although it is
marked in milliliters.  Will hack a new one out of a mason jar.  Nice
kit with plenty of funky adapters.  I just put the hose right on the
nipple.  The mighty-vac also operates as a pressure pump albeit without
any gauge readings.  Brakes work great.

Placed a rag around the brake res cap before filling it up, no mess!!

Rain came around 4 as I was finishing up bleeding the last wheel.  Sun
came out a half later when it was done, beautiful rainbow, another 20
minutes, we had a double rainbow. Awesome.

Peace

Erik