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Date:         Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:45:25 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Roger VanTill <motelvw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another Pressure Bleeder "How to" + Question
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <c4e7c5f90911141128i252be4eave72e82e273f4e0ce@mail.gmail.com>
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I have a Motive Products bleeder and you just dump the fluid in the tank. The hose will not fill up through it's whole length. This is normal. The homemade unit will probably function the same way. My wife loves it more than I do because she doesn't get stuck pumping the pedal for me any more.

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:28 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a link with more detailed pics etc. on building a brake pressure > bleeder > > http://faculty.ccp.edu/faculty/dreed/Campingart/jettatech/bleeder/index.htm > > Feel kind of foolish asking, this rhetorical question but.... > > I assume one puts brake fluid in the pressure bleeder tank. Correct? > > A pic further down page shows an empty line. I've never looked inside > a sprayer type tank (yes. I'm that much of a "green thumb" <grin>), > but I assume there's a hose inside that reaches bottom of tank and > that when tank pressurized, this pushes fluid up/out hose. > > Neil. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >


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