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Subject:Re: a thought on bleeding
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:11:23 -0400

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Bill Marshall wrote:

>        Or, more simply, we could bore and tap the bolt and just put a tube
> with a schrader valve right into it.  You could even run the tube inside so
> you can bleed while you drive!  Brilliant!

Or, you could put a little expansion bottle, radiator cap, and overflow
bottle up there, and have the self-bleeding system VW probably should have
built to begin with. ;)

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