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• Re: Clutch Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:42:22 -0400
  Try removing some fluid from the reservoir, then pump from the slave cylinder (bleeder) to the front. Angus On Jun 16, 2013, at 2...
• Bleeding Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 20:22:45 -0500
  ...However, I don't have a bleeder in the location(thermostat housing) that was shown for the 88. Does an '84 1.9 need...
• Re: one person brake bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:00:50 -0500
  ...one person brake bleeder > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I don't know what the heck that web site is doing. In Safari, those...
• Coolant Flushing - Iowian Method (IM)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:34:38 -0600
  ...Stop engine, replace bleeder bolt, start engine, run till comes to full temp. 7. Remove bleeder bolt. Connect a bicycle pump to another expansion...
• Re: Leaky Clutch Slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Michael Moery
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:42:24 -0800
  ...The bleeder has a tapered seat at the end that seals when it's tightened. If the tapered end is chewed up, just replace...
• Re: Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:47 -0500
  ...Review on DIY $20 Pressure Bleeder > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> OK...Had my order ready for the Motive Euro bleeder last >> week. �It...
• Re: Bleeder Valve Poition
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:45:36 -0500
  ...BJ Feddish wrote: > I can't remember off hand if this bleeder valve is supposed to be closed for > normal driving and opened for...
• Speed Bleeders, anyone tried them...Reply..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:17:08 -0700
  ...The ad copy on the site quoted by the Original Poster says pressure bleeders cost $300? Not the one I use..It was like...
• More 83.5 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sat, 27 Jul 96 20:48:09 UT
  ...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: Bleeder screws for brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:33:35 -0600
  ...Bleeder screws for brakes > > > I have rounded off my brake bleeder valves. > Where do I get new ones? > > Are they VW dealer only? > > These...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:11:00 -0400
  On 3/25/2012 2:17 PM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Yup, I've been trying the vacuum bleeders. Both of which I will return...
• Re: Coolant change questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:26:41 -0500
  Yes, The radiator bleeder is familiar to me. But, in the 1.9 engine area there is another bleeder. I sort of remember it...
• Spare 1.9 cooling system part?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 16 May 2010 16:43:39 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a spare engine compartment bleeder H piece? (025 121 085) The piece that clips to the "firewall" at the front of...
• Re: coolant gauge were is normal
  Historical mailing list - m Burha
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:39:45 -0400
  ...I didn't open the bleeder screw on radiator because I believe the manual stated open the bleeder screw if you can't get...
• Re: Propane Leak
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:51:25 -0400
  ...Finn Runyon wrote: > The bleeder valve on my 87 Westy is leaking. The Autostop valve on > the 87 is generally opened for filling the...
• Re: Power Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 10:33:10 EST
  ...I guess this could be avoided by installing those check valve, o-ringed bleeder screws, but they probably cost more than the manual vacuum...
• Brake pressure bleeder attachment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:17:30 -0700
  So, yet another cool vanagon dude, Alistair Bell, helps me out and suggests that what I really need is a pressure bleeder for my...
• Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Greg McKinney
  Tue, 3 Jan 2023 00:01:22 -0600
  ...It's the plastic tube that runs under the edge of the engine cover and connects the coolant system to the bleeder valve at...
• Break job
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Mon, 02 Jun 1997 12:36:51 -0500
  ...The rears bled well enought--black fluid suggested they needed it, but when I moved to the front, the bleeders were rusted stuck. I...
• Re: How do you remove the &*$%# Rear Heater Cover...remove seat???
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:03:29 EDT
  In a message dated 7/22/02 8:21:34 AM, Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM writes: << Check the bleeder plug on the...
• Re: front bleeder valves
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:41:35 -0800
  ...front bleeder valves Anybody have any hints on how to remove and replace front brake bleeder valves that are totally corroded and/or snapped...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:57:38 -0400
  You only need 5 to 10 psi to bleed using the pressure bleeder. As you have suggested, the plastic brake fluid reservoir and the...
• Propane bleeder valve gloves..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:13:01 -0800
  Have you thought of perhaps using a screwdriver on the bleeder valve? Seems to be the way all the propane guys do it on...
• Re: home made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:55:22 -0400
  ...This applies to all > home made and Motive bleeders discussed so far. So the one I am going > to make actually will have the...
• Re: Brake bleeding, size of wrench???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:25:07 -0700
  Also, a firm tap with a hammer on the end of the bleeder greatly increases the chances of success when loosening an old one...
• Re: Heater Core replacement
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 06:40:00 EST
  ...Then open the core's bleeder valve until you see coolant. That should get rid of the majority of air in the heater. Drive...
• Re: Brakes- the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 1 May 2014 09:38:52 -0400
  ...If you use a Motive pressure bleeder, it's a simple one-man process, and it's hard to "do it wrong". If you...
• Re: Mystery Bentley coolant drain instructions
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 28 May 1998 07:35:36 -0700
  ...Open up the bleeder screw on top of the >radiator, don't remove the bleeder screw. It's on the top right while looking...
• Re: Head leaks & Witches Brews.
  Historical mailing list - Renouard, Robert
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:45:04 -0700
  ...Close radiater bleeder and close top tank in back H. Release throtle I. Tighten engine compartment bleeder. Should the back bleeder be close first...
• Re: Thermostat/Too cool
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 10:17:20 -0500 (EST)
  ...The bleeder screw is on the upper left corner of the heater assembly as you face it from the front. When the bleeder screw...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:04:29 -500
  ...You can identify the amount of bleeder opening which allows air to be sucked past the threads by observing the amount of bleeder opening...
• bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 25 May 1999 20:28:11 -0400
  I notice that the Bus Depot has "Wrench, Brake Bleeder & Flare Nut, All Air- Cooled & Vanagon except 46-49 Beetle." Is this necessary or...
• Re: Stuck propane Valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:20:02 -0500
  ...An alternative is to replace the auto stop valve with a manual valve and bleeder. An ex list member has new manual valve/bleeder...
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 25 May 1999 20:26:14 -0600
  Regarding one-man bleeder: http://www.epsparts.com/Tools/speedibleed/
• Re: [vanagon] speedbleeder applications
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 13:09:31 -0700
  My Westy has two SB 7100 bleeders installed on each front wheel. Each rear wheel has one 8125L bleeder installed. The clutch slave cylinder...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:27:37 +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: coolant bleeder #025121421A replacement
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:36:29 -0400
  ...Im thinking the newer ones have the 4 hoses with the big bleeder bu= > t i do not want to have to buy the...
• Re: Rusted/stuck bleeder on '82 Westy brakes
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 3 May 2005 11:56:49 -0600
  On 5/3/05 9:03, "Roger Sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > The early brakes have a second bleeder valve that is for some...
• Re: Still can't bleed Brake system
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 May 2006 12:31:11 -0400
  ...Then I took the bleeder all the way out and started getting a trickle of fluid just by gravity. Checked the bleeder for clogs...
• Re: Air in Brake Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 09:39:27 -0500
  Mike, It's not clear whether you're closing the bleeder screw before lifting your foot off the brake pedal, but it sounds like...
• Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:47:51 -0800
  Gary, I recently changed my waterpump and thermostat and found that my bleeder hose had been plugged, most likely with some kind of rad...
• Re: coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:09:40 -0300
  ...Open up the bleeder screw on top of the radiator, don't remove the bleeder screw. It's on the top right while looking...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:24:57 -0500
  ...http://tinyurl.com/yhb4juq I find it curious that I've never seen mention of that bleeder. It seems like it would be important...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:49:46 -0500
  ...Just tonight I used an innovative semi-automatic voice activated brake bleeder. A bonus is that he's manufactured right here in the US...
• cooling system flushing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:21:40 -0500
  ...the radiator bleeder screw.After about 1 minute we shut the engine off,the expansion tank was still full and both bleeder screws were...
• Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:54:55 -0600
  ...Pump and press on clutch, hold it down, open the bleeder nut "just a little" to let air out, tighten it ..... repeat this 4...
• power bleeder for brakes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:35:49 -0500
  Hi all, I have sort of followed this thread on bleeding brakes, but I'm not sure whether anyone has mentioned the power bleeder...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Clutch slave/master
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 23 May 2005 17:08:36 -0700
  ...Several FLAPS look at me like I'm nuts when I ask > and keep trying to sell me a one-man bleederfor $6 > (this...
• Re: BRAKE for fun...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 Jul 94 20:27:53 CDT
  ...new clear fluid coming out of each wheel bleeder valve AND the clutch slave cylinder bleeder valve. at this point, your system has about...
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:36:52 -0500
  ...Then open the bleeder valve, and let the fluid flow! (If you connect a clear hose to the bleeder valve, and into a container...
• Fwd: RE: Bleeder Valve: Manual Trans (NEEDED) in S. FL
  Historical mailing list - Dominick DeGaetano
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:25:23 -0700
  ...Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:14:05 -0400 > > > Is anyone here in South FL know of a parts store > that > > would have the bleeder...
• Re: FTE Brake Master Cylinder: Failing Seal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:56:17 -0700
  ...That bleeder screw feels like it has a LOT of play at threads. i.e. the same bleeder screw at driver side does not...
• Re: Ever fill coolant through BUS DEPOT radiator bleeder hole?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 10 May 2002 08:16:38 -0400
  ...Ever fill coolant through BUS DEPOT radiator bleeder hole? I used a wash bottle (squeezable plastic bottle with a little fill tip on the...
• Re: installing new clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:09:23 EST
  ...Off hand, the "must use a pressure bleeder" doesn't make sense to me. >> Me neither, which is why I didn't use it...
• Re: Where's my coolant fluid going?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:17:31 -0700
  ...Left that bleeder screw right out and drove around one day. Couldn't figure why the van was getting hot till I stopped to...
• Re: Coolant leak questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:24:12 -0400
  ...Opened the front bleeder valve and the rear bleeder valve, ran the van at 2000 rpm until coolant started flowing freely from front. Closed...
• Re: Thermostat/Too cool
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 10:08:08 -0600 (CST)
  On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, Jerry Huff wrote: > Based on my experience, I would guess that the bleeder screw is leaking on > your rear...
• Re: 87 Syncro: busted rear brake bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:46:35 -0800
  ...If your bleeder is that rusty your cylinders' internals can't be far behind. Especially here in Seattle; I end up replacing mine about...
• Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:26:04 -0400
  ...No matter what I do I never get just fluid out of the bleeder valve, there is always lots of air. I assumed that...
• Re: Spare 1.9 cooling system part?
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 17 May 2010 18:13:38 -0700
  Jim Arnott wrote: > Not the "H" piece, but the other one. > > Does anyone have a spare engine compartment bleeder H piece? (025 121 > 085...