Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 11:51:06 -0500
Reply-To: ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM
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From: Yi-Ruey Wei <ray.wei@US.PWCGLOBAL.COM>
Subject: Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
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I bought a "OEM" brand lifetime warranty 'Vacuum Pump' at AutoZone for $25
which can be used on on-person brake bleeding. The vacuum pump IS the
Mityvac hand held pump. But it also comes with the necessary tubes,
adapters and jar. I used it to bleed all brake/clutch fluid with very
satisfactory result. One thing I've found was the vacuum will leaking out
around the bleeder nut. You may have to pump faster to overcome the leak.
I'd like to have a 2nd person (NOT your wife, if you know what I mean) to
pump the break pedal since it's a lot faster and more pressure to push out
the old fluid. But for clutch slave cylinder, I'd use the vacuum pump
since the Bentley said so. BTW, the bleeder nut on clutch slave cylinder
is very easy to access from engine the compartment. Don't try to do the
bleeding from underneath. And don't skip this bleeding step because you'll
amazed how dirty the old fluid will be when it evacuated out.
Good luck,
Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/78K miles
85 Jetta GLI w/165K miles
Dallas, Texas (It finally rained)
Richard O'Halloran <ohalloran@IATRONET.NET> on 09/13/98 02:15:26 AM
Please respond to Richard O'Halloran <ohalloran@IATRONET.NET>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
I want to change my brake fluid (long overdue unfortunately) and I don't
have a pressure bleeder or even a vacuum device. I can do the brakes OK the
simple way (found it in the archives) but how do I do the clutch? Bentley
says to only use a pressure bleeder for this. Should I just ignore bleeding
the clutch and hope that enough of the new brake fluid will work it's way
through? Would a Mityvac vacuum type system work for the clutch bleeder
valve? And does the Mityvac work better for the brake side of things as
well? Can I try to work the clutch pedal in the same way as the brake
pedal?
Should I do the brakes first or the clutch first or does it matter?
Thanx for this.
Rich
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