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Subject:Re: Changing the Cutch Master Cylinder
From:George Goff
Date:Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:33:27 EST

In a message dated 2/24/03 11:57:36 PM, okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< a quick trip and $30 to O'Reilly's for a
vacuum-pump, and I had the system bled in less than 10 minutes. Get a
pressure bleeder!

JJ
Oklahoma City >>

Sound advise, JJ.  Or if you're cheap, like me, roll your own by drilling a
righteously sized hole in an old brake fluid reservoir cap and thread in a
hose barb.  Then pressurize the hydraulics from a portable air tank (in my
case, an expended 20 LB Freon bottle).  Watch the pressure, 10 - 15 psi is
PLENTY, and monitor the level of hydraulic fluid as it drops in the reservoir.

George