Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:15:17 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Brake Bleeding Hose?
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if you are going to attach a hose to a caliper bleeder valve..
of course it needs to be that size,
not garden hose size.
here's what you want .
a clear bottle ....like a qt glass juice bottle..
punch a hole in the cap so that your 'bleed hose' fits in it and will stay
there.
for the hose ..you want clear plastic so you can see bubbles traveling in
it.
any clear plastic hose will do. I just end up with tons of that stuff..
never have to buy any ..it just finds me.
and a pice of rubbery hose to go on the end of the clear plastic hose and to
stick onto the bleed valve.
that's about 1/8th in ID.
vacuum hose, or small fuel hose .........anything rubbery that will push
over the bleed valve and stay there.
that gives you a nice brake bleeding system ..
and you can pump the old fluid into your glass jar that way .
and ..
important...you want some fluid ...old brake fluid is ideal, in the bottom
of the glass jar ..
with the end of your clear plastic line below the surface of the old BF in
the jar..
that makes a one way 'vavle' ..
and then it's a one person job to bleed all your brakes...
have fun !
scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: Brake Bleeding Hose?
> [As I approach pulling the dash to R&R the heater box I'll be gathering
> hintz and tipz for taking care of other things hidden behind the dash.
> This is about replacing the master brake cylinder.]
>
> I read Joel Cort's writeup at
> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Brake-master-cyclinder190.htm and it all
> looks pretty straightforward, but where he writes,
>
> "Step 3. Drain the filler tank of all the brake fluid:
> First you have to drain as much the brake fluid out as you can out of
> the plastic container and MC. I put a hose and bottle on the bleeder on
> the left front caliper and open the bleeder while pumping the brakes.
> This worked well and drained all the fluid out."
>
> We talking a special hose with some fitting on the end, or a chunk of
> garden hose?
>
> There are many things I've never done before. This is one of them.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
