Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:07:59 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Motive Bleeder Recs
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What I really want is servo valves on the cylinders so I can do it all
from the driver's seat. Who wants to get under a car, even a vanagon?
Jim
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> A Motive is operable from under the car...You are supposed to put it on the
> Res. and pump it up to (Forget, but I use about 20psi in mine)...then you go
> under and it takes care of the "pumping" for you. I check the pressure when
> I "come up for air" between bleeding sites..to make sure it still has a few
> Lbs and the fluid level in the Motive is still adequate.
>
> What, you want a remote switch to pump it up without having to touch the
> handle while relaxing on your creeper, pretending to be at work?...grin,
> joke.
> Don Hanson
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, these things do save time. Now if I can just figure out how to
>> make it operable from underneath the car...
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Jim Johnston <inmytree1@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Yes, they do cost a few bucks. For me, I factored my time into the
>> > cost,
>> > meaning I just wanted a bleeder that worked right out of the box. I had
>> > to
>> > bleed my clutch...I was done in 30 minutes, and I took my time. And I
>> > didn't have to make anything that may or may not work.
>> >
>> > For me, the cost of the Motive was money well spent...
>> >
>> > Just my two cents...
>> >
>> > Jim
>> > Wilmington, NC
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Man, that is a LOT of money for garden sprayer. My brother and I
>> >> rigged one up using a vanagon cap with a barbed through fitting and
>> >> just pushed that into the sprayer hose after removing the wand. Worked
>> >> great. You don't really need the pressure indicator.
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Michael Sullivan
>> >> <sandwichhead@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=motive+bleeder
>> >> >
>> >> > Not sure if I am going to get the Euro model for the Vanagon or the
>> >> > Universal so i can use it on the wife's Mazda. Has anyone ever used
>> >> > the
>> >> > Universal on their van? TIA.
>> >> >
>> >> > Michael in San Antonio
>> >> > 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>> >> > 73 Beetle
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
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