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• Re: brake bleeder size
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:35:00 -0800
  ...But > on my '89 Syncro, the > front bleeder screws are 7mm and the rears are 8mm. > Go figure.. :-) (May > have been changed by the...
• jb weld, radiators, taps, and draincocks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:37:33 -0700
  ...than the bleeder....no screw in the way... no washer that gets chewed up... , even maybe, direct the flow water into a nice large...
• Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 23:11:48 -0400
  That vacuum pump should have come with a special grease to seal the bleeder screw threads. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Yi-Ruey Wei <ray...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing hints
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Jul 2017 07:53:42 -0700
  ...I did have to disconnect the brake line, but I > stuck the rubber bleeder screw on the line while I went on with the...
• Re: Manual Pages Needed: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 09:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...be obvious how, > > 1/4 twist screws I think. lool on one side on top for larke > > bleeder valve, looks like a tire valve...
• Re: brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 26 May 1999 07:25:21 -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: Overheating at idle
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:34:51 -0400
  Craig, I strongly disagree with your method of removing the radiator bleed screw. The bolt should be notched down the threads so it only...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:02:14 +0100
  ...After I run out of > coolant, I switch to adding water (take your pick between distilled and tap water). > The thermostat bleeder screw-thingy...
• Re: Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:33:14 -0400
  ...My 84 had a bleeder at the top of the rear heater core (white plastic screw). Basically I followed bently but started my bleeding...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:21:02 -0800
  ...I have also done it just with the pumping method >> once, with a >> hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid. >> > > Try gravity...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:10:48 EDT
  ...the tank, screw the attached cap on the reservoir, pump up the tank, crawl under the van and open the bleeders one at a...
• Re: clutch fun
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:23:31 -0700
  ...bently said i need a power bleeder, I have a minivac to use, can I just open the bleeder screw >push all the old...
• brakes/clutch bleeding - success!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:23:34 +0000
  ...it came out the threads! So, I had to remove the bleeder screw, and clean out the bleed hole at the base of the...
• Re: Coolant Runneth Over... Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:11:21 -0800
  ...If not, uncouple the hose, connect the "ad hoc" connection, open the bleeder screws at the radiator and in the engine compartment, and pump...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:00:46 -0400
  ...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: speedbleeders? anybody use'em
  Historical mailing list - Joe Eiffert
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:45:26 EST
  ...Speedbleeders replace your current bleeder > screws. They are a one way check valve. Open speedbleeder 1/4 turn, attach > hose, and pump away. Just...
• Re: FW: Time to check the fuel lines! R & R !! No burnt VW's in 2005!
  Historical mailing list - RP
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:31:28 -0800
  ...Rick --- Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > By the way, there *is* fuel in the lines, i opened > the bleeder screw > and it...
• Re: Speedbleeders Sizes for 84 Vanagon-AUSTIN'S RESPONSE
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 03:50:19 -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: Self-healing hoses?
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:17:25 -0400
  ...861 819 297, gasket for the valve, and 867 819 037, sealing washer for the bleeder screw. Then tighten the hose clamps properly, thighten...
• Re: Coolant top up and headlamps loose
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:41:22 -0400
  ...Opened the > radiator bleed screw. Ran engine till warm. Nothing came out of radiator > bleed screw. This is with front end on an upward...
• clutch hydraulics
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:39:14 -0700
  ...it down, then open the bleeder screw, then close it, then have the pedal released? or should the screw be opened before the pedal...
• Re: [WetWesties] Late Type 2 ATE caliper bleeder screws???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 1 May 2012 22:46:43 -0700
  ...Re: [WetWesties] Late Type 2 ATE caliper bleeder screws??? I've never known brake caliper bleed screws to be available new individually. that's...
• Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:34:13 -0500
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > That vacuum pump should have come with a special grease to seal the bleeder > screw threads. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yi...
• 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...
• Cannot locate Thermo-Switch (rad. fan) on '84 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:34:57 -0700
  ...I want to install it, and according to Bentley section 19.12 it's located by the bleeder screw on the radiator. They diagram...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:27:32 -0500
  Rick, If you haven't become familiar with the bleeder bolt on the top of the radiator it is certainly time that you did...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Hotchkiss
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:16:15 -0400
  ...Do I need to prise that off to get > to the bleed screw underneath or is that the bleed screw? > > Or how about a...
• Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD (laptop)
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:39:33 -0600
  ...All you have to do is crack open the bleeder screws > > one > > at a time and the fluid comes out nice and quick. Comes...
• Still can't bleed Brake system
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 18 May 2006 21:57:42 -0400
  ...Next, close all >bleeders. See if there is any pedal firmness. If not, open left front, >depress pedal, close bleeder, release pedal. You should...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 9:59:28 PDT
  ...screw and its stop will provide a nice 2000-2500 rpm, so you can walk around to the front, and open the bleeder screw...
• Re: Air in Brake Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 15:56:47 -0700
  Mark, I am positive the problem is not at the bleeder screw. And, I used a wrench. Since my last post, two other things...
• How-To change Front Brake Pads ('86-91 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:54:21 EST
  ...Crack caliper bleeder screw. (7mm wrench) 10. Use a clamp to compress caliper piston (a 6" wood clamp will work by placing the body...
• Re: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:12:40 -0700
  ...That is why the bleed screw on the radiator is SO important. Opening the screw lets the waterpump push coolant into the radiator even...
• Re: Brake bleeding tips
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:59:20 -0500
  ...bleeder screw. However, every time my wife pumped on the brakes, only >a trick of fluid would come out the left rear bleeder. > >My...
• Bleeding the damn coolant system! part 2
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 01:26:03 -0500
  ...the bleeding screw at the front is bubble free!!!! So I close the front bleeder and fully open the rear engine bleeder on the...
• Re: Radiator change
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 5 May 2006 21:00:39 -0700
  ...While trying to bleed it my helper seems to have tightened the bleeder screw a bit too much and the plastic cracked. I did...
• Re: Rear Heater Leaking on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Sep 1996 13:48:30 PST
  ...It still works too! While you are at it, replace that threaded nylon bleeder screw with an equivalent steel bolt . It is not long...
• Re: All You Wanted to Know about Brake Fluid ... :) <long>
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:37:27 -0800
  ...To help prevent air from entering the bleed screw at the cylinder run the hose UP and over the top of the tire, and...
• Heresy (was: trig)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:18:57 -0600
  ...a reasonable speed, the air is going to come to the bleeder screw at the top of the radiator or emerge at the tank...
• Re: Replacing the master cylider
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 9 May 2008 13:14:05 -0400
  ...Phillips #2 and several flat screwdrivers 7mm wrench to loosen and tighten the brake bleeder 12 mm socket/ratchet with 9" extension (Torque wrench...
• Heater weirdness..gone
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:19:27 -0700
  ...in a row, then adding a few more ozs to the bleeder screw with my old device for filling I made when I first...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:28:44 -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...
• Small Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:58:08 +0000
  ...small bulb to fit 357 919 062 (1) Bleeder, white nylon 861 819 039 thumb screw for rear heater (1) new Electric mirror control...
• Re: '82 clutch capers
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:34:48 -0600
  ...It requires a 7mm box end wrench to loosen the bleeder >screw. >When you press the clutch pedal, use short strokes when bleeding the...
• Re: Manual Pages Needed: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 95 11:00:21 EDT
  ...be obvious how, 1/4 twist screws I think. lool on one side on top for larke bleeder valve, looks like a tire valve...
• Re: help with new clutch MC
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 18:31:37 -0400
  ...Master cylinder? > > Pressure bleeder system is where you pressurize the resivour w/ air and > then just open the bleed screws versus pumping it by...
• Re: Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often?-upper control arm bushings!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:23:51 -0700
  ...Caliper Bleeder Screw: RF Typically Seize More Often? >.... Like the shop had noted that the RF upper A > arm bushings were worn. Yup. Grabbing...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:19:01 -0800
  ...I have also done it just with the pumping method >>> once, with a >>> hose attached to bleeder screw and submersed in liquid. >>> >> >> Try gravity...
• Re: Master Brake Cylinder Install
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:18:30 -0700
  ...Phillips #2 and several flat screwdrivers 7mm wrench to loosen and tighten the brake bleeder 12 mm socket/ratchet with 9" extension (Torque wrench...
• joe's coolant problems
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:17:01 -0700
  ...I run the front end up on ramps, start it up, and open the bleeder screw. Then I go to the back and both...
• Re: Need New Propane Shut-off Valve
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:49:08 -0700
  ...Late tanks have a separate relief valve screwed into the tank itself. Both valves are available but the older type is more expensive. Here...
• Re: Longer bleeder screw safe?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:05:05 -0800
  ...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: Need '85 Heater Core
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 00:08:29 -0500
  ...Also beware of that bleeder screw on the valva assembly. I've seen many break spilling hot coolant al over the place. I think...
• Re: Brake master cyclinder replacement procedures (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:43:33 -0700
  ...Phillips #2 and several flat screwdrivers 7mm wrench to loosen and tighten the brake bleeder 12 mm socket/ratchet with 9" extension (Torque wrench...
• Re: Master Cylinder - Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:02:03 -0500
  ...a bleed screw on top of the slave in the engine compartment you > can open that and use a vacuum bleeder to do the...
• Re: Manual Pages Needed: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 08:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...be obvious how, > 1/4 twist screws I think. lool on one side on top for larke > bleeder valve, looks like a tire valve...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:58:46 -0800
  ...Fill all you can first (and open front radiator > bleeder screw first), you should be able to get 95% of the coolant in if...
• changed coolant and rear heater core
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:54:15 -0600
  ...Took out the bleeder screw on the radiator and the cap on the coolant tank. Then turned on the hose, the kit came with...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:18:30 -0800
  ...On raising the front, I have always assumed that was to get air bubbles to work their way to the bleeder screw. How does...
• Re: Instructions for trans mount and master brake cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:26:40 -0400
  ...Phillips #2 and several flat screwdrivers 7mm wrench to loosen and tighten the brake bleeder 12 mm socket/ratchet with 9" extension (Torque wrench...