Absolutely! That and installing new window seals! A few years back, my wife was helping me put the engine back back in my '74 S. Beetle and I had the engine up on the floor jack, but it was about a 1/4 inch too high. I said "Turn the knob on the jack handle" and before I could get another word out she turned it and I had Beetle engine coming straight down into my face. Luckily, it jammed and stopped just in inch or so from smashing my head like a watermelon. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I always thought that the togetherness of interacting with the wife > was the > important part of brake bleeding! > jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On > Behalf Of B > Feddish > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 08:07 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Brake caliper > Thanks everyone for their help this weekend with the frozen caliper. > It's > definitely dead. Looking over the old receipt, that one was a rebuilt > one > and the passenger side was a new one. I have a list member sending me > 2 > good used calipers that I hope will work out. This will be the first > time > I've ever bled brakes so I might need some handholding this week when > I > attempt it. I bought a bleeding kit that I hope will work better then > yelling at my wife from underneath the vehicle. Removing the caliper > looks > straightforward. I see a sample in Ken's video at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0NGUkfOg6w . > Thanks, > Bryan |
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