Date:         Sat, 1 May 1999 20:15:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Shortlidge <shortlid@EXPERT.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Shortlidge <shortlid@EXPERT.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Rebuiliding brake master cylinder
Comments: To: "Steven X. Schwenk" <Steve@SCHWENK-LAW.COM>
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Does this even work on the clutch slave cylinder???

Steven X. Schwenk wrote:
>
> "Joe L." wrote:
>
> > <<<Bleeding the breaks is also not that hard but IS something of a pain as you
> >
> > need to get someone to pump the breaks while you crawl around under the van
> > shouting "UP/DOWN/HOLD". That is, unless you get one of these "One Man Bleed
> > Kits".>>>
>
> Not so...put a piece of hose on the bleed nipple and run it into a separate
> container with brake fluid in it...with the hose submerged in brake fluid....you
> can then just pump the pedal with the nipple open while feeding fluid into the
> main resovoir until you get all of the air out or until you replace all of the
> fluid ...you don't need 2 people.  this makes the annual cahnge of brake fluid
> not such a miserable task.