

| Subject: | Report on brake work |
| From: | Erik Feddersen |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:38:00 -0500 |
Took Thursday off. 60 degrees out. Put in two new rear wheel brake cyclinders, that I got from ken. I bought a hand held Mighty-Vac kit at NAPA and used it to pull the brake fluid out through the bleeder. Worked pretty well. Worked better after I put some grease around the base of the bleeder to eliminate air being pulled in through the threads. I also tried teflon tape, worked even better. The bottle coming with kit is too small although it is marked in milliliters. Will hack a new one out of a mason jar. Nice kit with plenty of funky adapters. I just put the hose right on the nipple. The mighty-vac also operates as a pressure pump albeit without any gauge readings. Brakes work great. Placed a rag around the brake res cap before filling it up, no mess!! Rain came around 4 as I was finishing up bleeding the last wheel. Sun came out a half later when it was done, beautiful rainbow, another 20 minutes, we had a double rainbow. Awesome. Peace Erik
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