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• clutch problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:41:09 -0800
  ...I picked up a new slave cylinder at a local import store ( $50.98 ) and a "one man brake bleeder" from Napa. This is...
• Motive Power Bleeder (from digest)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:34:24 -0700
  If you plan on using your pressure bleeder very often, I suggest the one with the swivel in the hose between the MC cap...
• Re: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant.
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:30:26 -0500
  I too had difficulty getting coolant out the bleeder. Turns out I didn't have it jacked high enough. 16 inches is waaayyyy up...
• Re: Changing the Cutch Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:31:01 EST
  ...pressure bleeder. George
• Re: Propane fill valve rebuild
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:41:50 -0500
  The bleeder valve has a rubber tip that can be replaced by screwing the whole adjustment screw out. You can get replacements for the...
• Re: Clutch weirdness 84 standard trans ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:14:40 -0800
  ...I do not use pressure bleeders btw. I have one. I just do it very carefully with a manual method. Once in a blue...
• Re: You know how just when you think you're wrapping up, the radiator bleeder screw head shears off?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:51:10 -0700
  ...You know how just when you think you're wrapping |up, the radiator bleeder screw head shears off? | |hey, Tom - what about a small...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:37:36 PST
  Ken, It's my understanding the purpose of the bleeder valve in the engine compartment is more to allow coolant to bypass a closed...
• Re: home made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:09:31 -0500
  ...Bob Mac <yakandhike@COMCAST.NET> writes: >> > >> > > Has anybody tried the vacuum bleeder sold by harbor freight. It's only >> > > $19.95 and seems like...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 07:32:52 -0700
  ...I wouldn't mess with the bleeder screws unless you are actually going to bleed the brakes or change the fluid. Those bleeder fittings...
• Stripped Bleeder Bolt (Postmortem)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 23:59:35 -0600
  ...I suspect that a lot of the air I have been taking on may have been due to a leak at the bleeder bolt...
• Re: switching from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:23:32 -0500
  ...No trans,or bleeder valve, but I got the final drive.No wiring harness.It is all temporiarily lost, as I had to move...
• bleeder question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 10:47 EDT
  Thanks to all who replied about my coolant bleeding question. There is no need to bleed the system, as I was just asking out...
• caliper with broken bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:39:25 -0400
  Went to bleed my brakes and found that the bleed valve is broken off on one of my calipers. I will try to get...
• Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:42:52 -0400
  The rear air-bleeder screw does not vent to the atmosphere. It is routed back to the reservoir where any air ends up under...
• Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 14:16:20 -0700
  ...The brake fluid reservoir would not hold pressure very long from my Motive pressure bleeder either..... "No problemo" says I..."I have a spare...
• Re: Cold blooded
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:13:02 -0800
  ...After 5-10 minutes, loosen the radiator bleeder valve with a box-end wrench (ratchet won't fit) and twist open the engine bleeder...
• Re: Brake Expert Questions/PICS/Rant
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:31:34 -0700
  ...an '80 with broken bleeders (but otherwise > good) calipers i can mail you if you need them. > The bleeders will need to be removed...
• Re: Brake Pressure Bleeder - Cheap and Easy
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:11:07 -0700
  ...Put bleeder cap on reservoir. Attach > bicycle pump. Pump a few times, till you see > the plastic of the reservoir expand a tiny > bit...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 9 May 2020 12:21:32 -0400
  So I finally got a new g60 caliper the bleeder screw and inlet are in different places but that’s not my problem although...
• Hi-jacked link Coolant hose info
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:00:15 +0000
  ...Close >>>>> bleeder, add more coolant and use pressure opening bleeder, repeat >> until >>>>> you get coolant at the bleeder. This method will do 90% of...
• Re: Cooling system flush
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:35:59 -0400
  ...rev engine to 2500 rpm with radiator bleeder open. Keep engine at that speed until air is out of system and pressure cap is...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:25:22 -0800
  ...Is > it >> even supposed to be a screw? I got the impression from the VW service >> manual that it was a bleeder valve of...
• After 3000 mi trip:84h2o grinding gears...
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:06:53 -0800
  ...Have someone depress the pedal and you simply crack the bleeder, close bleeder, pump pedal a couple times..repeat till nothing but fluid comes...
• Re: 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:31:55 -0500
  Without opening the bleeders and the engine cold start the van. Rev the engine this drives the coolant to the radiator top off the...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I slip on a length of small bore silicon tubing (from the lab!), about 3 mm I.D., over that bleeder screw with the...
• Euro-Engine: 85 Volkswagen Van, Cooling, Coolant, Air
  Historical mailing list - "Dan Beeson (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 20:47:14 -0400
  ...We have jacked up front end 16", open bleeder on radiator (actually just a bolt in the hole) and all of the coolant IMMEDIATLY...
• Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 3 May 2024 07:57:08 -0400
  ...I found a few videos that discussed opening the bleeder valves and with jack in drop position pump handle 10 or so times. These...
• Re: Coolant top up
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 09:05:16 -0400
  ...When the system is hot, crack the bleeder at the top of the radiator. Forget about any other bleeders. If you don't have...
• Re: 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:13:35 -0400
  ...Is there a bleeder valve somewhere? Forget that.....you have a leak. No wander its over heating. Find the leak. Eric Dan Haydon wrote...
• Re: looking for a tool to pressure test my coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 19:16:42 +0000
  ...you pump in some air......open your bleeder on the rad and let out air until you tank level gets down to the side...
• Clutch Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:34:54 -0700
  ...I'm using a pressure bleeder and 15-20 psig, but no cigar. Pumping, no pumping, doesn't seem to make a difference. Keith...
• Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:44:28 -0700
  At 9/15/2006 03:52 PM, Florian Speier wrote: >I found them to be cheapest here: > >*http://tinyurl.com/rt483 > > >I think it...
• vanagon rubber hoses
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:46:19 -0500
  I think I have a set for the engine compartment that go between then bleeder valve and the plastic coolant tubes. Real good ocndition...
• Re: air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:11:07 -0600
  ...Jim > If the gurgle comes from the > back, open the bleeder by the thermostat a turn or two. > > Good luck, > -- > John Meeks > > '91 Multivan...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:24:14 -0500
  ...you order the SB7100 for 73-89? Mine is a 90 and I wonder if 90-91 vans had different size bleeders...........Thanks, Miguel
• Re: overheating vanagon 86
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:33 -0600
  ...but if the bubbles are > coming out of the radiator bleeder it could be the radiator? I am a novice, > and a pump seems...
• Solo Brake Bleeding Success (finally)
  Historical mailing list
  26 Feb 97 11:27:10 PST
  ...Sneaky tip #1 - After attaching a clear hose onto the brake bleeder nipple, run the hose OVER the top of the tire. This will...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:00:55 -0700
  ...I hate that Ab > On Mar 29, 2023, at 7:52 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > No, back to the bleeder, > > My...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 09:00:33 -0800
  ...But getting water out of the radiator > bleeder doesn't mean that you have flushed the radiator. > > The radiator loop starts at the coolant...
• Re: old propane tanks
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:57:21 -0500
  ...problem I insatalled a manual valve and bleeder---success was mine--- Total for new valve and bleeder--$47.00 delivered. Later, Terry E-mail...
• Re: [Syncro] Propane tank, revisited
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:53:21 -0700
  ...Today, with the > bleeder valve all the way open, it took 1/2 gallon, but took *forever* to do > so. (i.e. about 10...
• Re: what did I do wrong? brake bleeder question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:55:11 -0700
  "Thomas D. Hanlon" wrote: > > Listees, > > For an alternative to the usual method, see speedbleeder.com. I've installed > five on my 84 Westy. Tom...
• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:59:43 -0300
  I'll bet it's faster to just loosen the bleeder bolt and let the heat generated pressure force the air out, rather than...
• Haynes Manuals
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:35:07 -0500
  ...While looking over the MachV website referred to us by Warren Lail's post regarding power bleeders, I discovered another Haynes 'Must Have" manual...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:54:59 -0400
  ...I then re-connect all of the coolant hoses, open the front and rear heater levers, remove! the front radiator bleeder bolt, open the...
• Re: Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 3 Jan 2023 10:54:54 -0800
  ...Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover > >> > >> Hoping someone can help me for the name of the part or parts. > >> > >> It's the plastic tube...
• Re: To bleed or not to bleed
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 05:34:54 -0700
  ...Take the grill off and take the bleeder screw off completely > once it cools a bit. Now add your 1/8'' hose and funnel...
• those bleeding questions again
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 May 2004 08:10:07 -0700
  ...What ever procedure that you use it is critical that the front bleeder be open(thermostat bleeder too but less important) and the heater...
• Re: Brakes- the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Fri, 2 May 2014 15:01:39 -0400
  ...It all depends on you method > used. > > >> If you use a Motive pressure bleeder, it's a simple one-man process, > > >> and it's...
• Re: Brake bleed problems
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 20:53:30 -0400
  ...Meaning that the bleeders were lower than the top of the calipers, allowing air to stay in the top of that piece. I don...
• Re: More 83.5 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:07:48 -0400
  ...I followed the Bently instructions, lifted the front 15 inches, opend the rear resevior and bleeder valve and the front bleeder valve. As I...
• Re: More Coolant Leaks/Tire Availability
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:50:43 -0400
  ...I just broke this little bugger off too!!! Warning to all, when removing the little hose from the bleeder valve, BE CAREFUL. Carefully cut...
• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:16:40 -0700
  ...Hope > > > everyone gets it this time. > > > Aloha, Ed Sato > > > > I don't understand this... > > > > "filling the radiator from the bleeder hole..." > > > > and > > > > "Fill the...
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:45:24 -0700
  Here is an alternate to the EZ Bleed unit. It's more expensive but is likely heavier duty. It has a pressure regulator between...
• Re: Coolant into the bleeder screw hole?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:29:01 -0700
  At 10/12/2008 11:47 AM, Don Hanson wrote: >Hi, >I do that to my van's cooling system. I use an old...
• Re: Formerly Rich Running 1.9l WBX Now Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 14:40:57 -0700
  Jacked the rear end way up and ran her @2800rpm with the pressure cap off and h-pipe bleeder open, closed it all down...
• Re: Brake Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:54:20 -0700
  ...cap with a small hole drilled in it. > > Stem goes in new hole in cap, hose on stem, other end on bleeder, pump > up...
• Clutch Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:43:41 -0800
  ...I installed the new cylinder making sure that the plunger is in place, reconnected the hoses, attached a drain to the bleeder valve at...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:59:13 -0800
  ...clutch bleeding What is the easiest way to bleed the clutch after replacing a slave cylinder? I have a manual brake bleeder which basically...