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• Re: just replaced the Brake Master Cylinder, now what?
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Sun, 5 Nov 2006 11:58:13 -0600
  ...When bleeding, do NOT press pedal all the way to floor. Halfway is fine. There is lots in archives on bleeding brakes. It is...
• Re: Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:30:07 -0700
  ...Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1) > Bentley offers the usual rain dance for getting oil in the lifters. Mine > have been sitting for...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:48:41 -0500
  ...Like bleeding brakes, eh? Ah, but the best part is that after the air is mostly out of the system, leave the plastic hose...
• Re: 1 man brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:58:24 EST
  ...Repeat on the opposite side caliper.) I often work alone, so I have a system for single handedly bleeding brakes, and it goes quicker...
• Re: Overheating while bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:54:05 -0400
  ...I still believe you're best off bleeding all the low points first and working your way up to the final bleed at the...
• '66 Brake problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 07:45:00 EST
  ...After bleeding the fronts only, my brake pedal goes right to the floor. If I pump a few times in relatively quick succession, I...
• Re: Bleeding Brakes & Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 06:33:07 EST
  Tim; I buy the big container of brake fluid (quart?) and try to use the whole bottle buy the time I am done (since...
• Re: Speedbleeders? "Gravity Bleeding?"
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 18 May 2001 23:53:20 -0500
  Ben, You sound like you've been talkin to Dr. Quackinbush------- Atmospheric pressure------Hogwash! Actually because the sun is on the way north the...
• brake bleeding problems...
  Historical mailing list - kurt stoppkotte
  Fri, 10 May 2002 17:40:57 -0400
  i just finished replacing wheel cylinders, brake pads, and turning the rotors...i bleed the rear wheels, no problem, but when i moved up...
• Re: bleeding of the cluch
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:48:15 -0400
  if its an earlier vanagon (air cooled); access to slave cylinder is from driver side wheel well and its probably DOT 3 brake fluid...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:55:14 -0500
  Matthias Kuster <matthiaskuster@VERIZON.NET> writes: > I have also replaced the master cylinder and reservoir. Did you bench bleed the master cylinder? Its always...
• Re: tranny ques?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:32:42 -0800
  Jason, What is your clutch condition? Do you have air in clutch hydrolic system? Maybe it needs bleeding.Check brake fluid color(that master...
• Re: home made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:57:48 -0700
  ...I hope this bleeder is easier to use because I will not have to empty the (pressurized bleeder) after bleeding. The 2 liter bottle...
• Re: Adding Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:36:14 -0500
  ...as far as bleeding my prefered method, which seems to be commonly used by other listees is, drive for a while when home take...
• Re: Rebuilt PS pump
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 27 May 1999 16:17:20 +0000
  ...I found some direction for bleeding the ps system in (I think) a Chilton manual. After the pump is installed, this reference said to...
• Re: Repeated Slave Cylinder Failure
  Historical mailing list - George A Lehman
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:13:50 -0600
  ...I replaced the master cyl two years ago and have gotten into the habit of sneaking under and bleeding the slave every summer. Only...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:45:04 -0500
  On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:46:09 -0600, Warren.K.Lail-1 <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote: >Has anyone ever thought of a way...
• Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 May 2012 19:11:14 -0700
  ...work on the brakes, but safe clutch bleeding for when you have an engine and clutch in .. is the smarter more practical thing to...
• Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list
  23 Dec 96 05:58:11 PST
  My record on bleeding brakes remains intact. I STILL have yet to do a bleed job without leaving bubbles in there. I HATE BRAKES...
• Re: Clutch problems: 1st, 2nd, ...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Nov 1994 10:50:11 -0800 (PST)
  ...The fluid that was bled out was quite grotty, so I really flushed the system well, bleeding the brakes too. It happened to me...
• Re: Radiator Bleed Screw
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:55:18 EDT
  ...My Bus is an early water-cooled (83.5) and I swear it had no provisions in the female threads for bleeding. Plus it...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:27:20 ADT
  ...Has anyone simply stuck a bleed valve back instead of the bolt, since this bleeding problem is repetitious? They usually will take a small...
• Another confession
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Thu, 16 Jan 97 10:46:00 PST
  ...Now I'm confused about bleeding the air from my coolant system. Please, what's the consensus on the need to bleed the air...
• Re: brake fluid and cold temps
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 21:12:14 -0500
  ...bleed it, probably is cause its still a leakin and "self bleeding" terribly. Do yourself a favor, order the $20 rebuild kit, get a...
• Re: An item no water cooled Vanagon should be without!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 4 May 1999 10:21:37 -0700
  ...to get back in while coolant is coming out during system > > bleeding. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244, Ext. 208 Getting your...
• Brake Master cylinder rebuild/replace?
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Thu, 18 May 2000 16:01:15 -0700
  ...spongy on first push, but catch very well after initial pump. Bleeding does not seem to help. Once the brakes catch, they only hold...
• Need your input - questionable mechanic (long)
  Historical mailing list - l p
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:43:45 -0800
  ...I know it didn't take 4 hours to do, & they did a miserable job of bleeding the coolant, but at least we kept...
• Re: FW: Still unclear was Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - tim
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:31:05 -0500
  Allan, I help Dennis in his garage(sometimes) when he is backed up, and I would say we have followed his procedure at least...
• Re: bleeding of the cluch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:54:28 -0500
  There is a little bleeder on the top of the slave cylinder, hard to see, requires a 7mm wrench. You can just loosten the...
• Re: Home Made Brake Pressure Bleeder: *might* add moisture to brake fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 May 2016 23:10:20 -0700
  ...pressure bleeder to pressurize the brake fluid >> reservoir with AIR >> when bleeding the brakes, would this air add moisture to the brake fluid? -- Neil...
• Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:27:53 -0700
  I have one of the Motive power bleeders and I use it regularly. They are the tool of choice for those who do bleed...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:05:46 -0800
  ...especially if you are counting bleeding and all finish-up detailsand checking everything carefully. It'll be fun to read the original posters comments...
• Re: removing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:33:14 -0800
  ...Having done complete engine rebuilds, partial rebuilds, installation of new engines and so forth, I think the whole issue of worrying about bleeding lifters...
• Re: rear brake cylinder replacement / bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:32:27 -0500
  ...Without a Bentley's I have a few question's about bleeding the system. >1. Does this system have two independent hydraulic systems. >2...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:43:25 -0800
  ...I know of a good spot a few miles away with a 15% slope I could park on for bleeding, but don't know...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:55:57 -0500
  ...1) Bosch >> >WR-1 starter relay; and 2) Kennedy Engineering radiator bleeding valve >> >(makes refilling and bleeding the cooling system very simple). >> > >> >John Lauterbach...
• Re: All You Wanted to Know about Brake Fluid ... :) <long>
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:37:27 -0800
  Just a little additional tips for brake fluid bleeding and flushing. To help prevent air from entering the bleed screw at the cylinder run...
• Re: Coolant Explosion - Followup and Response Summary
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:46:37 -0500
  ...it just me...or does this mean we can devise a bleeding fixture that >"jacks" in in place of our expansion tanks to put...
• Re: bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:43:33 -0400
  ...I use it for bleeding the system when I have had to make a minor repair to the cooling system. John Lauterbach '84 DL...
• Help, 86 Power Steering Noise
  Historical mailing list - Edward Woenker
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:52:20 -0500
  ...I could not see in the Bently where you need to do any special bleeding procedure and the local VW dealer said that nothing...
• Re: Fluid leaking from underdash
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:19:00 -0600
  ...It was a pretty easy job---the bleeding was by far the most time consuming. It took 15 minutes or so to bleed, I...
• Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:44:39 -0800
  ...So I gave up more bleeding. I had to pump the pedal twice each time for the pedal to be high enough. Well, about...
• Re: My new radiator
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 May 1995 15:11:34 -0300
  ...Do you think there is enough room just >below the bleeding nipple to weld/solder in some sort of "mini-cap"? > >Alistair > Hi, that...
• Re: Radiator, serviceable?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:39:38 -0400 (AST)
  ...brand radiator that would work, plus eliminates the bleeding/fill problems totally. Then buy a new one for 1/3 of VWs cost. Long...
• Re: Radiator bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:50:06 -0700
  ...This would sure cut >down on a lot of the mess and make it possible to salvage antifreeze when >bleeding a system that has...
• Power Steering Pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:16:27 -0800
  ...There is plenty of fluid, and no, I haven't done the bleeding procedure, hit it with a hammer, dissasembled it, or anything other...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:07:37 -0800
  Hmmmmmmm. Mine takes a 13mm Wrench. But then again it's a 2WD and a 84. -- Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:00:19 -0800
  ...hole after removing the > bolt,and a sacrafice turkey baster,but bleeding while running with no way > to stop the flow sounds really dicey...
• Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 9 May 2012 06:17:23 -0500
  ...Somehow I just now saw your post from yesterday... > > Perhaps I wrecked the driven "slave" cylinder by bleeding it prior to the engine (with...
• Re: 87 Syncro Westy Puking Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:11:25 EDT
  ...pipe and the t-stat housing; New Gauge temperature sender; Bleeding, bleeding, bleeding. When I replaced the water pipe, I did a poor job...
• How does the front heater core get filled/bled?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:37:38 -0600
  ...Is it just from pressure from the water pump forcing the air bubble out of the core and that bubble bleeding through one of...
• Re: Bleeding brakes - 1.9 - questions
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:55:19 -0500
  I agree, you may have blown the MC. The replacement isn't "that" bad. I suggest taking the steering wheel off, though others may...
• Re: Little heat output in a 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:57:32 EST
  ...Air bubble in system- This is why Bentley says to open the heater valve when bleeding the coolant system (do I hear a "dough...
• Re: Speedbleeders? Make 'em!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 17 May 2001 23:58:51 +1200
  ...master cylinder---keep it full of fluid as >gravity does the bleeding. Or make your own. Use reasonably stiff rubber hose, block the far...
• Re: Is radiator bleed screw just a 13 mmbolt?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:58:54 -0500
  At 05:51 PM 2/20/2002, Vanagon man wrote: >Volks, >bleeding my coolant today, and pull the grill to accss the radiator bleed...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 27 May 2003 07:04:05 -0400
  ...Use water to flush away brake fluid that was spilled when bleeding. Dry and recheck for leaks. Eric Jere Hawn wrote: > Hi All, > > Can...
• need a motor?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 10:29:25 -0500
  ...The motor will need the heads gaskets done due to a bleeding problem. In the last 6 months I have replaced most of the...
• Re: Coolant Bleeding Questions...need a Guru
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:27:18 -0700
  >any coolant you put in the expansion tank always either drips on the ground, runs to the reservoir filling it all the way to...
• Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:30:21 -0800
  I have an 85 7 pass,manual trans that has air bubble problem-the line from fill bottle to resivor worked loose,chopped by...
• Re: Air Bleeder Installation/Cooling System Bleeding Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 23:33:36 -0700
  ...In spite of the most careful bleeding it is still possible to have some air trapped in the system. It can eventually displace coolant...