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Date:         Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:59:21 -0700
Reply-To:     aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         aatransaxle <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
Subject:      Re: home-made pressure bleeder
Comments: To: Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
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Should work fine..May have to watch and see how the grommets are holding up before trying more pressure..Start withj 10 psi and go up a bit from there. May take 15 or 20 to get it flowing. Back in "old bug days" in my previous life, we had a cap on one end of a hose and hooked the other to the spare tire to provide pressure..worked Ok then with about 30psi.. Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney Hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:41 PM Subject: Re: home-made pressure bleeder

> Will this work on my type2 bay window? It has a remote reservoir under my > front seat. Thanks! > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: home-made pressure bleeder > > >> You just pump it to something like 20 psi and then crack the lines in >> your >> typical fashion...with no need to pump the pedal. Make sure to fill it >> with >> enough brake fluid, though. >> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Courtney Hook >> <courtneyhook@shaw.ca>wrote: >> >>> When you are using this, do you just build up the pressure to 20-25psi, >>> then crack a wheel bleeder? There is no need to operate the brake pedal >>> to >>> "open" any internal passages etc in the master cylinder? When I do it >>> regularly, I pump the pedal of course, with a helper. >>> Thanks, >>> Courtney >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> >>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:33 AM >>> Subject: Re: home-made pressure bleeder >>> >>> >>> >>> I built that exact type of bleeder--works great! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:22 AM, sam mccarthy <sfcompost@yahoo.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Folks, I found this page when searching for a pressure bleeder >>>> mentioned >>>>> in >>>>> the recent posts about clutch slave cylinders. This should help the >>>>> bleeding >>>>> procedure if like me you never have anyone around to pump the pedal. >>>>> http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm >>>>> Sam M >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Casey >>>> '87 300TD >>>> '94 100CSQ Avant >>>> '89 Bluestar >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Casey >> '87 300TD >> '94 100CSQ Avant >> '89 Bluestar


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