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• transmission woes
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:39:02 -0500
  ...There seems to be some type of bleeder screw below the opening. The opening is about the size of a loonie. On my tranny...
• Re: Master Cylinder - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:48:21 -0400
  Vacuum bleeders DO suck in air. The first place they leak by is thw bleeder screw threads. You need to repve them, coat the...
• Re: Still can't bleed Brake system
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 19 May 2006 01:20:10 -0400
  ...then reconnect the line to the caliper and take the bleeder screw all the way out. now try to blow air from the line...
• Re: No Brakes!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:11:16 -0400
  ...bleeder, nothing! >Now I have no brakes at all (except hand brake) >So, What am I doing wrong? or did I perhaps screw up...
• Re: Cold blooded
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 14:13:02 -0800
  ...Hanlon" <hanran.inc@internetMCI.com> wrote: > > On an 84 Westy, where are the "bleeder screws in the engine > compartment?" > Tom, Don't feel like...
• Re: You know how just when you think you're wrapping up, the radiator bleeder screw head shears off?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:43:39 -0800
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > As the subject says, I was closing the bleeder screw and the head sheared > right off. Wasn't applying too much...
• Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:41:13 -0700
  ...Nothing visible is supposed to come out of the thermostat bleeder. It is an internal bleeder to let trapped air escape into the main...
• 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: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant.
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:19:46 -0600
  ...can't get fluid to flow out of bleeder screw on radiator. I followed > the procedure for filling the cooling system as outlined in...
• Re: calliper bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:57:59 -0400
  ...Eric Andrew Gies wrote: >Has anyone had experience with the front calliper bleeder screws breaking >off when it came time to bleed the front...
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 25 May 1999 19:11:30 -0700
  ...Because you're "sucking" on the bleeder screw you tend to pull air in around the threads of the screw and into the bleeding...
• Re: calliper bleed screws
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:59:51 -0700
  ...calliper bleed screws At 7/28/2004 10:08 AM, Andrew Gies wrote: >Has anyone had experience with the front calliper bleeder screws breaking...
• Re: clutch fun
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:37:59 -0500
  ...bently said i need a power bleeder, I have a minivac to use, can I just open the bleeder screw >push all the old...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:54:59 -0400
  ...The thermostat bleeder screw-thingy will start to squirt soon and when it does, I close it. When the coolant starts squirting out of...
• HOW TO bleed the coolant system...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:20:19 -0800
  ...This is on page 19.16 and just when explains the bleeder screw's positions it ends there and starts explaining the other mode...
• Re: Speedbleeders Sizes for 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:07:37 -0800
  ...the conversion chart from VW's stock >numbers for the front bleeder screws; and she assured me that the >dimension, 7 mm x 1...
• Re: radiator bleeder bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:16:41 -0500
  ...radiator bleeder bolt questions > The proper bolt has a slot on the side to allow air to escape when loosened. > The slot may be...
• Re: air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 21:58:22 +0000
  Michael, The bleed screw on the radiator is actually a bolt that is on the passenger side of the radiator. The original has a...
• Re: Questions about brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Tue, 5 May 2020 13:52:59 -0400
  ...Bleeding was going great (left the screen in)till I got to the left caliper and the kid that installed the bleeder screw tightened...
• Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 14:55:38 -0700
  ...Opened the radiator bleed screw. Ran engine till warm. Nothing came out of radiator bleed screw. This is with front end on an upward...
• Longer bleeder screw safe?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:36:24 -0600
  ...s under the threads in the radiator--can you just keep screwing a bolt down or will you break something? I know Alistair has...
• Re: Bleeding the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:41:01 EDT
  ...Does anyone know if the radiator's bleeder screw is on the inlet or outlet side? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC...
• Re: brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 26 May 1999 09:15:36 -0400
  ...Drill a hole in the cap, > screw in the fitting, attach the hose. Now fill the container about half > full with fresh brakefluid. When...
• Re: The One Man Brake Bleed Show
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 06:48:50 -0500
  ...pump it up to about 25 psi, and start opening the bleeder screws one at a time starting with the right rear. I have...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:19:58 -0500
  ...thermostat bleeder one turn. fill, bleed and go. Check your tank for the next couple of runs and open your bleed screw too. The...
• Re: New Transmission Time?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 10:43:38 -0600
  ...Close the bleeder screw on the slave cylinder. > 5. Release the clutch pedal. > 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 until a steady stream of...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 13:50:38 -0700
  ...Opening the bleed screw gives it a place to go, out the bleeder after the air escapes. With the bleeder closed it won't...
• using and storing brake pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:07:53 -0500
  I got a very nice used brake pressure bleeder from a guy...I think he used it on a BMW. The cap part screws...
• Re: 90 cooling problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:30:59 -0400
  ...First, to make sure it's really overheating and the coolant is really going through the rad, remove front grill, REMOVE bleeder screw http...
• Re: air in clutch?
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:11:16 -0800
  the brake and clutch system share hydraulics...there is a bleed screw on the top of the clutch slave cylinder...if you have as...
• Re: 88 girling caliper question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:58:13 -0400
  Bleeder has to be at the top. Ken On Mar 14, 2015 3:20 PM, "Michael" <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi > > I took the...
• Re: front brake hoses too short?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 2 Aug 2014 15:14:06 -0700
  ...The bleeder screws need to be at the top, so air can rise in the fluid and bleed out. Mark Dan Barrett wrote: > Friends...
• Re: Ever fill coolant through radiator bleeder hole?
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:06:05 -0700
  ...Front rad bleed screw had MUCH less air come out. The system is Bled!!! My new Bus Depot/VW of South Africa radiator works...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:46:23 -0400
  ...and let it idle. > > Remove the upper grill. > > crack open the bleeder screw > > Go to the back of the van and remove the engine...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:40:22 -0500
  ...I have also done it just with the pumping method once, with a >hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid. > >Once I...
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:23:42 -0500
  ...Even with the back of the van 1 foot raised, I do not get any water at the radiator bleeder screw, and the hoses...
• Re: Diagnoses Please!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Apr 1990 13:43:29 -0400
  (1) My guess is the bleeder screw on top of the rad (front right) is leaky - maybe just loose - dont be a gorilla and...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:25:23 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > in fact, wouldn't it always be prudent to subsequently crack that bleeder > screw to make sure all air was purged - something...
• Re: VANAGAIN
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:09:57 -0800
  ...the main coolant tank is at the same level as the bleeder screw on the radiator. Make sure both heater valves are closed. Then...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:19:50 -0500
  ...open bleeder (lowest point) turned green (i then had about the right amount of anti-freeze in the system) and the bleeder screw was...
• Fan not working , would this screw it up too ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:34:49 -0800
  ...i stripped the bleeder bolt is it ok to just tap a new one and use a new bolt . i dont see why not...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:59:48 -0500
  ...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: radiator bleeder bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:25:53 -0500
  ...I would just buy the proper screw and don't forget the copper washer. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: using and storing brake pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 11:49:34 -0800
  ...nice used brake pressure bleeder from a guy...I think he > used it on a BMW. The cap part screws right onto the Vanagon...
• Re: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:42:09 -0400
  "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> writes: > well........... > it didn't occur to you to lower the radiator a little bit ? Nope. Didn't...
• 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
  ...I fill my Motive pressure bleeder bottle and screw it onto the brake reservoir above the steering wheel, then pump it up to about...
• Re: Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
  Historical mailing list - james v
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:05:29 -0700
  ...I follow >instruction of the Vanagon Official Repair Manual, set the heater to max >heat, open the bleeder screw on radiator, jack up the...
• Re: SA Grill removal (still wondering)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 03:11:25 EST
  ...Grill to access the radiator bleeder and the like? (as you may remember the 1/2 turn screws that attache the American grill has...
• Re: using and storing brake pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 15:36:20 -0500
  ...the Motive bottle, I simply slip >a sandwich bag over the screw on cap that goes onto the vehicle's brake >fluid res....and...
• Brand new free Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 16:36:13 -0900 (AKST)
  ...It accumulates on the passenger end of the casing, near the lower screw, as if it was leaking from that screw or nearby. Accumulates...
• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:24:24 -0700
  ...Best to put a small clear hose on the clutch slave bleeder screw and bleed it into a glass jar. This helps you see...
• Re: Propane or here we go again
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 18:05:44 -0500
  ...In early October, I discovered that the bleed screw on the 10% valve of our 'new' 85 Westy was seized and also could not...
• Re: clutch slave cyl
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:25:50 +0000
  yes the rubber boot for the bleeder screw, sorry about that, the fuild that was in after bleeding came out black as texas tea...
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:00:08 -0800
  ...Even with the back of the van 1 foot raised, >I do not get any water at the radiator bleeder screw, and the hoses...
• Lack of hot air. etc.
  Historical mailing list - David G. Hobbs
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:36:36 -0600
  Well after a day spent bleeding my coolant system and even trying to bleed (although there is no bleeder screw) the front heater, I...
• Migrated clutch action- Follow-up, solved
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:54:06 -0800
  ...I bled the slave with my Motive power bleeder... (note: These power bleeders have a cap that screws on to the hydraulic reservoir above...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:34:11 -0500
  ...I have also done it just with the pumping method once, with a > > hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid. > > > > Try gravity...
• was "..Air prevents fan? - AIR BLEED PROCEDURE
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Tue, 20 May 2003 22:58:50 EDT
  ...Open radiator bleeder screw Keep main bottle filled, coolant will go down to fill radiator and heater circuits When steady stream comes out of...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:45:28 -0400
  ...Also, replace the stupid plastic bleeder screw with the break off head with a steel screw and use some sealant on the threads. There...
• Stripped bleeder bolt!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 22:01:16 -0600
  ...I decided to bleed again tonight and low and behold the bleed screw would not come out--and it wouldn't tighten down either...