On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Jere Hawn wrote: > I would like to keep it simple... I do not have a lift nor a jack that will > raise my vans that much so does anyone know how many degrees from "level" > the van has to be? I have plenty of hills around here to help me bleed the > system. If one was to use the rain gutter as a reference point how many > degrees? If the claim of "four feet" is correct, given that the Vanagon is 13 feet long, that would be a 31% grade, or a 17 degree angle! That's awfully steep. A good set of wheel ramps will get you at least half that, though, which may be sufficient. I dunno, I've never bled a wasserboxer. Bleeding diesels is easy. (Bently doesn't even tell you to lift the front of the diesel.)
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon |
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