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Date:         Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:13:01 -0700
Reply-To:     amy monk <amymnk@SNET.NET>
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From:         amy monk <amymnk@SNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cooling System Pressure Testing - make your own tool CHEAP!
Comments: To: greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM
In-Reply-To:  <586229.21339.qm@web56405.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Along these same lines of making your own tools...A garden sprayer and an old brake fluid
  cap makes a great pressure bleeder. I can dig up the plan for it somewhere if anyone wants
  them. They are written for a bmw but just subsitute the bmw cap for a vw cap. Makes
  one man bleed jobs a breeze.


  Monk


Tabe Johnson <greentabe-vanagon@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
  If you're a cheap bas... uh, I mean value driven like me,
you can gut a used cap to remove the valving and attach an
air compressor or hand tire pump to the pressure tank. Apply
your chosen pressure (I'm thinking 50PSI is NOT a good choice!)
and look for leaks. Beats the heck out of the $50 pressure
testers for sale.




tabe johnson/87 westy
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