The hose will crack internally where it is squeezed. Open the bleeder on
the slave and let the fluid run out or pump it until it is below the
outlet in the brake fluid reservoir. The clutch feed is high enough that
the brakes will not be affected.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Earl
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:06 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Brake hose-pinching device

I need to replace my clutch master cylinder sometime
soon, and most of the outlines I've seen for this
procedure involve messing around with your mother's
turkey baster to empty the brake/clutch fluid
reservoir. This sounds kinda sloppy and
time-consuming.

Hoping this job turns out better than my last
Thanksgiving Day dinner, I am wondering if anyone else
has made use of a hose-pinching device to prevent the
fluid from draining from the reservoir while working
on the MC? I saw one in the auto-parts store but am
confident I can improvise one using a Vice-Grips and a
couple sections of a split 1/2-inch wooden dowel to
prevent damage to the rubber hose. Kind of a
large-scale hemostat.

Seems like this would allow a mere teaspoon or so of
fluid to drain out while doing the MC swap, and would
mean less air in the system to bleed out later.

Thoughts?

Jeffrey Earl
1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"

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