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Date:         Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:08:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Pressure bleeding brakes?
Comments: To: Trvlr2001@AOL.COM
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John Carpenter wrote: > > Hi Ya`ll, > What is Dr. Robert talking about, > on this pressure bleeding of the brakes? > How much pressure? Where? > Special tools? > Worth it? > Anyone with experience doing this? > Thanks, > JC...

Haven't tried it yet, but I plan to. At a junkyard the other day I got an extra cap for the master cylinder. I plan to drill a hole thru it and glue in a hose barb so that I can apply pressure. I don't suppose it would take much, maybe 5 psi. I'll probably monitor the pressure using the gauge that I bought from a list member for testing fuel pressure. Of course some say that gravity will do the job if you are simply changing the fluid for PM, probably slower tho. Anyone else have any pointers?

Larry A.


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