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• Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - A. Kimmons
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:33:05 -0500
  Richard O'Halloran wrote: > I want to change my brake fluid (long overdue unfortunately) and I don't > have a pressure bleeder or even...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:59:21 -0700
  ...home-made pressure bleeder >>> >>> >>> >>> I built that exact type of bleeder--works great! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:22 AM, sam mccarthy...
• Re: home made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:18:13 -0700
  ...This bleeder > uses air from > you tires to bleed the system. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280320871622&indexURL=0...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:00:19 -0800
  Vroom is good! No need to take the bleed bolt all the way out Mike, the air bubbles out through the threads. Check the...
• Re: Still can't bleed Brake system
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 27 May 2006 21:58:10 -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: brake bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:32:30 -0400
  ...The master cylinder is pretty tough to get all the air out of unless you bench bleed it. To bench bleed the MC, I...
• Re: Draining the coolant system... ?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 13 May 2004 09:30:27 -0700
  ...There is many ways to drain and bleed a vanagon, i did try quite a few, on the 91 2.1L engine there is...
• Re: [vanagon] Temp gauge/flashing light-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:22:34 -0500
  To All Katy wrote: > > Hi David, > > Thanks for the reply. > > > My first thought is improper or insufficient bleeding. > > Mine too so I called and...
• Re: New Transmission Time?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:18:10 -0500
  ...I hear they can do wonders,but the clutch >cylinder bleed is the first thing to do. > >Speaking of clutch bleeding, how is this...
• Re: air in clutch hydraulic system '84 Vanagon ?puzzled?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 28 May 2009 01:48:06 +0000
  If you are going to replace the slave cylinder, now is the time to bleed all the brakes enough to change out all the...
• Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:25:49 -0400
  Are you aware there are two bleeder valves for each front caliper? The Bentley manual says just to bleed one of them (the upper...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:21:17 -0600
  ...at 4:09 PM, Sudhir Desai wrote: > chris, easiest way to bleed the coolant is to park the van on an > uphill, remove the...
• Re: Bleeding the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:37:18 -0400
  Better find all the high spots and put bleeders on them all, eh? d At 06:13 6/7/2000, Jonc wrote: >I am...
• 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: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:47:48 -0500
  ...Mike Mike Collum wrote: > You didn't say exactly what your bleeding procedure is. > > Also, you didn't say that you adjusted the new...
• Re: Speedbleeders? Make 'em!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 17 May 2001 23:58:51 +1200
  >Sure, >They work fine. >But why waste the money? >Open the bleeder screw, and let the brake fluid flow. >Gravity is a better deal...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 14:54:59 -0400
  On 20 Mar 2002 at 17:51, Dart 330 wrote: > How does one bleed the van without raising the front? I have done this...
• Re: clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:07:00 -0800
  ...clutch bleeding > No special tools or rigs are needed to bleed vanagon clutch hydraulic > systems. > My 'rig' cost 50 cents, and has performed flawlessly...
• Bleeding Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:25:29 -0400
  Thought someone might learn a few lessons about bleeding a 2.1L 1989 Vanagon from an inexperienced mechanic with mediocre skills. 1. I definitely...
• Re: propane fill
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:52:31 -0600
  ...When the liquid propane comes out the bleeder valve, the tank is about 80% full of liquid propane. Anymore is unsafe. I thought any...
• 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: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:18:13 -0500
  Correct size bleeder valve is at http://www.kennedyeng.com/sub_van.htm . You have to drop the radiator a few inches to get...
• Re: air in clutch?
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:06:16 -0500
  There is an old trick to bleeding brakes that make the job "work" the first time. In your case after driving it a while...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Clutch slave/master
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 May 2005 06:37:30 -0500
  ...I think the master cylinder to satisfactorily self-bleed by pumping the 75 times. Not so with brakes. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver...
• Re: Air in Brake Circuit
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 13:24:07 EST
  How about trying a pressure bleeder. You can buy one from Wal-mart for around $30. Then you bleed from the bottom up and...
• 84 vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barone
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:57:39 EST
  I changed my waterpump and now I cant get the coolent to bleed out the radiator bleeder. I tested the thermostat and its ok...
• Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:48:58 -0700
  At 10/20/2007 05:57 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > Wonder why VW made the bleed screw so hard to get to when it...
• Bentley/Brake Bleeding Question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:26:28 EDT
  ...What the heck is this upper and lower thing on the front? The illustrations on 47.4 and 47.5 show a bleeder screw...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Hotchkiss
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:16:15 -0400
  Dan, Follow a basic bleed procedure: cold engine, remove the coolant tank cap, start engine, turn the valve on the thermostat housing to the...
• Re: Stripped Bleeder Bolt (Postmortem)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 08:56:24 -0400
  ...Any comments about this unorthodox method? I'm planning on >bleeding the usual way this weekend to see if there is air in the...
• THANKS - Report (brakes)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:19:55 -0700
  ...First off thanks for help on brakes (bleeding) FWIW, I used the gravity method to bleed brakes. (no time to get parts together to...
• Re: home made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:43:30 -0400
  ...home made pressure bleeder >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 6:17 PM >> Has anybody tried the vacuum bleeder sold...
• Brake Bleeder / Coolant Pressure Testor
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:54:20 -0700
  ...So now I can connect the bleeder to the air compressor at 2-2.5 bar as per Bentley and bleed the hydraulics. The...
• Re: Brake caliper
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:41:33 -0400
  ...Brake caliper I hope your 'bleeding kit' works better than the one I got recently. I have always used a Motive Power bleeder on...
• Re: Changing thermostat woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:35:18 -0500
  You should not see anything coming out of the thermostat bleeder. The screw is a valve that opens a connection to that hose which...
• Re: Brake bleeding tips
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:59:20 -0500
  Craig, To get the air out of the lines/brake components you need to bleed brakes in a sequence starting from a point furthest...
• Re: self-bleeding coolant? LONG replay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:02:14 +0100
  ...rev, bleed, add coolant, rev, bleed, add > coolant, rev, bleed, add coolant, for a few minutes. > > By now the engine as been running for...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:53:27 -0800
  ...To refill it I opened the bleed port on the radiator return line, took the cap off the burp tank & undid the radiator bleed...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:54:28 -0800
  That bleeder is ok if it works. Most of the time it is blocked by dirt and won't let anything out. I am...
• Re: Motive power bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:47:13 -0700
  ...http://www.amazon.com/Motive-Products-0100-European-Bleeder/dp/B0002KM5L0/sr=8-2/qid=1158424978/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9719503-5331155?ie...
• Re: Heater Core replacement
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 06:40:00 EST
  ...I >assume the white plastic screw is a bleeder valve, how long do you >think >it takes to bleed system, and should I also...
• Re: Radiator bleeder screw - Lost washer :(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:12:53 -0400
  And why did you completely remove that screw? It is notched so loosening it will allow enough coolant to escape to bleed the system...
• Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:31:00 -0600
  ...Put one end of the tube n the bottle, the other on the bleed nipple, and open the bleed screw. have your helper pump...
• Brake bleeding tools
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:55:10 -0400
  There are lots of ways to bleed brakes and clutch. I made a pressure bleeder like this: 1) Get spare brake fluid reservoir LID...
• Re: lifting syncros for bleeding radiator
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 10:40:37 PST
  >>>Mark McCulley said: > What's the best way to lift the front end of a syncro the required 40mm for > bleeding the bleeding cooling...
• Re: bleeder valve engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:54:49 -0400
  ...david At 23:36 7/11/2000, Hans Brouwer wrote: >Hi, > >Should there be coolant coming out of the bleeder valve in the engine...
• Vanagon Front Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:18:57 -0500
  Bentley says to bleed upper and lower on the front. Are there two bleeders on each front? ThanksMichael. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT...
• Gravity Bleed Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:57:06 -0500
  Can I get simple instructions on gravity bleeding my brakes. Have read a little about it, but procedures differ. Thanks. -- Michael in San Antonio...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:41:45 -0800
  ...And depending on how much play there is between bleeder screw threads and cylinder housing, and/or how far bleeder screw backed out, a...
• Re: Brake Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:39:14 -0500
  ...You can just put a bleeder hose on the bleeder valve and the end of the hose in a coffee can. Gravity will bleed...
• Re: Ben Huot's coolant bleeding (all over the neighborhood)
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 11:32:01 -0500
  At 09:09 AM 3/31/02 -0500, you wrote: >The damn cooling / bleeding van is starting to pissed me off (I had no...
• Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:56:29 -0700
  The 2.1 cooling system is a lot easier to bleed than the 1.9 Geza. The older system is lacking the self-bleeding...
• New way to bleed wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:32:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have not enjoyed following the bleeding procedure in Bentley, > kind of like doing taxes. Since I was by myself, I tried a different...
• Clutch Slave Cylinder Bleed problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:49:30 -0400
  ...Each time I open the bleed screw, I get some air out of it (like a wet fart), but after nearly 2 bottles of...
• Question #2 - clutch bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 16:51:13 -0400
  Thanks to all for the help with my clutch bleeding question. I purchased a Mity-vac and I think it will make the job...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:10:21 -0800
  ...Mike Miller do you want to step up to the plate :) > I *just* finished bleeding the cooling system on my Vanagon when I DROPPED...
• Re: Radiator bleeder BOLT question
  Historical mailing list - A2L1
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:27:25 -0400
  I have just completed a bleed operation on both my Vanagons. What I did was to use my hand held grinder and cut a...
• Re: Removing radiator bleeder screw
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:04:13 -0700
  ...If you then loosen the radiator bleed bolt a turn the pressure in the system will release out of the radiator bleed hole, pushing...
• Bleeding the coolant question
  Historical mailing list - digest Herbie Dave
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:03:19 EDT
  I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to e-mail me the proper proceedure for bleeding the coolant system once you...
• Re: Radiator bleeder BOLT question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 09:46:42 -0400
  Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Is the BOLT that is used to bleed the front radiator any special bolt? > > Does it have grooves in the threads...