Since I often work by myself, and have been fixing them since Hector was a pup, I've latched onto the "gravity bleed method". Look for exact detail in the archives. In a nut shell: 1. Top off fluid level. replace cap. 1.5. Put a drain pan or absorbent cardboard on floor under the slave cylinder. 2. From behind left tire on air-cooled or above engine on water boxer, open the bleed screw about a half turn. I think it's 8mm Use a GOOD box end wrench. 3. Go eat lucnch or spend some quality time with your wife or family. 4. When you return, close the bleed valve. Snug, but not very tight. It's pretty easy to break. 5. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. Don't feel guilty about this. Your Vanagon will have its revenge sometime. Especially if it's an air-cooled and you've got to change the cylinder. (For me, one of the most challenging jobs on a Vanagon.) Al Brase Needed: 5 ( or less) stock rims for my 1956 single cab pickup (Sept to Nov 1955 dates) crow's foot or not. Tim Demarest wrote: > I dunno what other folks do, but since I live alone (so I have no > assistant > to pump pedals), I bought myself a mi-tey vac vacuum bleeder kit. I've > used > it to bleed the clutch and brake systems on my van with excellent results > (even after totally emptying it to change brake lines). > > Look for the 06820 kit here: > http://www.mityvac.com/pages/products_hvpk.asp, that's the one I have. > > Tim > > At 03:49 PM 1/6/2006 -0500, Roger Sisler wrote: > >> Maybe try a synthetic trans oil. I hear they can do wonders,but the >> clutch >> cylinder bleed is the first thing to do. >> >> Speaking of clutch bleeding, how is this done? When I replaced my >> components I could not get it blead proper. I pumped about 2000 times or >> more! Still no pressure to activate the clutch. Mostly air in the >> lines. I >> filled the resivour to the tipity top and resumed pumping. By luck it >> pumped up and the clutch worked.Good thing as I was about to quit. >> But this >> was luck. Had to be. I hear of pressure bleeding for this system. Is >> this >> correct? What is needed and how is it done? Now that my clutch works, I >> need to bleed the system again just for maintinance(2 years).Can I just >> pump it like a brake system? Tanks > > |
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