Date:         Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:48:42 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Brake Pressure Bleeder - Cheap and Easy
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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On 10/13/04 10:29 AM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:

> That (to me) sounds like you are misremembering the old beetle. In my
> beetle that fitting was for the Windshield Wiper Fluid reservoir, not
> the brake system...Was there a similar system early on for the brake
> system too?
> 
> 
> On Oct 13, 2004, at 12:11 PM, Daryl Christensen wrote:
> 
>> Used to do the same thing years ago for Bugs, but had another female
>> tire
>> fitting that hooked to a front tire and used the tire pressure to keep
>> pressure in the brake system without having to pump it up. Daryl
> 
> 
He is saying he used the tire air pressure instead of a bicycle pump.

 Actually mentioning the older bugs that used the air pressure bottle for
windshield washers it is the same principal for the brake bleeding.  You are
simply using air pressure to push the fluid through the lines to evacuate
the air.  

On some vw I simply use gravity if I am not in a rush.  Open bleeder port
and top of fluid reservoir, sit back put feet up, drink beer/coffee, wait
for fluid to drip down the drip tube I have placed over the bleeder port.


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