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Subject:Re: Power Brake Bleeding
From:puzerewski
Date:Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:32:31 -0500

One suggestion I will make......if you do not have a one man bleeder, get
one........after years of incompetent people pumping the brakes so that I
can release the fluid, I bought one of these for around $30 (a big one) and
I do it myself.......this way I can see the clarity of the old brake fluid,
and I bleed the system until it is clear  thru all the lines......old brake
fluid holds water and should be replaced every few years.

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle
86 cabrio
Vanagon Partsmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Ingalls" <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 7:25 AM
Subject: [VANAGON] Power Brake Bleeding

> Volks,
>
> I replaced the wheel cylinders and calipers on my 85 GL. I have bled
manual
> brakes many times before, but have never done power brakes.
>
> I don't think I need to have the car running to bleed power brakes, but I
> though I might as well ask......Does it make any difference if the Van is
> running or not?
>
> Mark Ingalls
>
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