You can get a tool for about $4 that clamps off the hose, making draining/refilling unnecessary. Just another way. bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."
> To prevent that, what I did first was drain enough fluid from the > reservoir on the brake master cylinder to go below the clutch master > cylinder line level. - I syphoned it out but there are other ways. > You can put a drain hose on the bleeder valve and open it draining > all you can. You can also open the bleeder back on the slave > cylinder and drain the entire system. |
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