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Date:         Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:42:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch
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Comments: To: Mike <mbucchino@charter.net>
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Whatever.. This is the Vanagon internet mailing list not the Harvard Law Reveiw.(not trying to be caustic, I am joking)...If someone decides to sue me for them following a money saver I suggested as a possible way to save a buck and they assume I've done due dilligence and made sure to get it (my buck-saving suggested idea) totally approved by the consumer safety commission and there is no possible way they can ever ever hope to injure themselves using this internet chat list suggestion...Well geeeze, the legal system is pretty sick, isn't it? If you can fill a weed sprayer with DDT, Malathyon or some other poison and safely pressurize it up and walk around your yard with your2yr old kid in tow, spraying aphids off your rose bushes..it should be ok to put 10lbs of pressure on some brake fluid in a shop setting in your vanagon.. We used weed sprayers extensivly to deliver preservatives onto new decks and log homes..Diesel and Pentafin was the mix of choice...Probably an enviornmental no no by now..The alternative was to hire a painting contractor to spray it for the customer..at greater expense...So the weed sprayer idea ain't some kinda potential killer or a risky prospect... Yes, you would need to find a cap that matched the brake fluid reservoir and tap in a hose barb..And yes, maybe the brake fluid might attack the rubber seals in the weed sprayer..Not much else does..and if it did, you would just have a leak, not a catastrophic failure....But you could also just pay out the $60 and get the 'glorified weed sprayer' with the little pressure guage and the consumer safety certificate that says you can bleed brakes with it.. Don Hanson On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote:

> Have you done this? Same type device, but not similar enough, in my > opinion. > > Two problems, I see with your idea; > > 1.) "rigging" it up to your MC, > > 2.) the internal seals were not engineered for continuous exposure to > caustic brake fluid, and as a result, the unit could explode or leak during > use. Maybe not right away, but eventually, as the fluid attacks the seals > of the garden sprayer. > > If you only got one use out of it, it's no longer such a good, safe, > money-saving idea. If it sent you to the ER with brake fluid in your eyes, > that'd be expensive , too..........not to mention the lawsuit, when > someone else who got injured proves that you said it was a good > idea......... > > Mike B. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> > *To:* Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> > *Cc:* vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:12 PM > *Subject:* Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch > slave > > You could probably go to your local hardware store, garden supply or Wal > Mart Garden place and get a Weed sprayer. Rig that to your MC and save $ > rather than buying a Motive Power bleeder...Same thing, the weed sprayer.. > Don Hanson > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Mike <mbucchino@charter.net> wrote: > >> Ditto, Don and Scott! >> >> But, I may never get to use it; I have both a Motive unit and and auto >> transmission. >> >> I wonder, if you get a long enough hose, could a person bleed a different >> vehicle's brake/ clutch systems (using the good vehicle's brake system for >> pressure)? >> Hmmmm, we may haved stumbled onto something here. It seems to me to be a >> 'poor man's' version of a power-bleeder! >> I volunteer Scott to give it a try, and report back to us >> all............. >> Mike B. >> Neat trick. >> >> Power bleeding with a Motive Power bleeder is the better way than a >> Vacuum >> Bleeder... >> When you are alone, the pressure-style bleeding systems are pretty >> fool-proof. I used to sometimes bleed brakes a couple of times per day >> in >> my racecar..So I do have some experience with that stuff. >> Don Hanson >> > >


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